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Welcome to Newsweek. Just so you know, when we refer to “our site” throughout these terms, we are referring to the Newsweek digital network, operated by or on behalf of Newsweek or its parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively known as “Newsweek”). The Newsweek digital network includes this website and any other Newsweek branded sites, microsites, mobile and tablet apps and digital editions, as well as any of those for our affiliated companies, such as the International Business Times and any other IBTMedia Limited related companies. It does not matter which device you use to access our site: as long as you use, access or browse our site, register your details with us, subscribe to any Newsweek products or services, download any of our apps or digital publications, or send us an email, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms. Any reference to “these terms” means this Terms and Conditions of Use document.
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1. ABOUT US
Our site is operated by or on behalf of Newsweek Limited (“We”). We are a company registered in England and Wales under company number 08855703. Our registered office is at 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LQ, United Kingdom. Our VAT number is GB 180 1364 32. You can contact us by email at emea-support@newsweek.com.
2. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
3. REGISTRATION
We offer exclusive access to certain products and services that require registration. You can create an account with Newsweek by registering your details, including your name, email address and payment details, with us. You agree to use only your real name and email and not to provide any false information or to impersonate any other person, whether alive, dead, real or fictional. You agree not to share your password with anyone else, nor to use anyone else’s account. You are entirely responsible for everything done using your account. We reserve the right to suspend, remove or refuse your registration at any time.
4. USING OUR SITE AND ITS CONTENT
(a) Our Content
Aside from user generated content and advertisements, you acknowledge that Newsweek is the sole owner of all the content published on our site. When we use the word “content” in these terms, this is intended to include – but is not limited to – the following: text, images, videos, graphics, logos, audio files and other material that appear on our site, as well as any material carrying intellectual property rights such as copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade names, logos, trade secrets, designs, databases and others. Any such content belongs to Newsweek and is protected globally under international intellectual property laws. Any access to or use by you of content appearing on our site or other intellectual property belonging to Newsweek shall be, unless otherwise prior agreed in writing, on the basis of a limited, temporary, revocable, non-exclusive licence.
No content on our site is intended to amount to advice on which should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking or refraining from any action on the basis of any content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
We reserve the right to edit or remove any content appearing on our site, at any time, without notice, and in our sole discretion. We do not accept any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage caused or arising from any such editing or removal of content.
(b) What You May Do With Our Content:
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(c) What You May Not Do With Our Content:
Unless expressly permitted, you must not, neither manually nor automatically (through any non-human mechanism or device), do any of the following with any content appearing on our site:
- Copy, translate, reproduce, extract, adapt, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works from, transmit, archive, store or in any exploit (commercially or otherwise) any content;
- Use any content whatsoever in such a methodical or ordered way that could be construed as creating a database in any format, whether electronic or otherwise;
- Deal with any links to or from our content for a commercial purpose, howsoever remote;
We reserve the right to temporarily or permanently suspend, block, or deny you access to our site or any part of it, at any time, without notice, and in our sole discretion. We do not accept any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any loss or damage caused or arising from any such temporarily or permanent suspension or denial of access to our site or any part of it.
5. YOUR CONTENT
(a) What We Do With User Submitted Content
When you submit content to our site, you grant to Newsweek a royalty-free, everlasting, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive licence to publish, reproduce, reuse, repackage, revise, edit, display, transmit, broadcast, archive, translate, syndicate, licence, copy, adapt, enter into a database, use for publicity purposes, exploit commercially, extract and use in different areas of our site or in derivative works, your content in Newsweek or other related publications, in any media, format or other tangible medium of expression now known or hereafter developed (including but not limited to print, e-book, internet, mobile, tablet, Newsweek-branded or affiliated social media channels, PDF, RSS feeds, podcast, radio, TV, webcasts and other digital formats whether streamed or downloadable), and in any language throughout the world, as the we see fit. We also have the right to sublicense your content to other entities within Newsweek’s group of companies and to third parties.
To any permitted extent, you agree to waive your right to agree to be identified as author of any content that you submit, or to object to derogatory treatment. These are what are known as moral rights, which you automatically agree to give up in relation to any content you submit on our site.
(b) Our Rules on User Submitted Content
You are solely responsible for your own submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with each of your submissions, you warrant and represent that:
1. You own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorise us to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in any and all submissions;
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3. If you are under the age of 16, you have your parent or guardian’s permission to submit any content.
You agree that you will not:
1. Submit material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including trademarks, privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant us all of the rights granted herein;
2. Publish inaccuracies, falsehoods or misrepresentations that could damage us or any third party;
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4. Post advertisements or promote any business (unless agreed with us in writing prior to publication).
We reserve the right to remove or not publish submissions without prior notice. We accept no liability or responsibility for the removal or deletion or failure to store any postings, content or other information you submit to us.
You acknowledge that when you submit content in any form to Newsweek or other related publications (such as The International Business Times) we may authorize such content to be distributed or syndicated to or published in other Newsweek affiliated or branded environments.
6. OUR LIABILITY
To the extent permitted by law, we do not accept any responsibility or liability for any content appearing on our site. We are excluded from liability for all conditions, warranties, representations or other statements or terms that may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied. Our site is available on an “as is” basis, and we do not give any warranty or representation at all as to any content that appears on our site.
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- loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
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- The promoter is: Newsweek whose registered office is at 25, Canada Square, London, E14 5LQ.
- Employees of Newsweek or their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition.
- There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
- Route to entry for the competition is available via the Newsweek website
- Closing date for entry will be April 30th 2016. After this date the no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
- No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
- The competition prize is an Apple Watch Sport
- The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
- The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
- No cash alternative to the prizes will be offered. The prizes are not transferable. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
- Winners will be chosen at random from all entries received and verified by Promoter and or its agents.
- The winner will be notified by email and/or letter within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or do not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner.
- The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected.
- The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
- The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
- The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent.
- The winner’s name will be available 28 days after closing date by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: 25, Canada Square, London, E14 5LQ
- Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
- This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter (or any other Social Network). You are providing your information to Newsweek. The information provided will be used in conjunction with the following Privacy Policy found at http://europe.newsweek.co.uk/corporate/privacy-policy
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7. INDEMNITIES
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8. APPLICABLE LAW
Whether you are a business or a consumer, these terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English Law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Newsweek in relation to your use of our site and supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.
NEWSWEEK TERMS OF SALE
Last updated on 3rd July 2014
These Terms of Sale provide the conditions for sale and purchase of digital subscriptions to Newsweek and other paid Newsweek products. In these Terms of Sale, “Newsweek” refers to newsweek.com and any other Newsweek branded sites, microsites, mobile and tablet apps and digital editions. These Terms of Sale are a legal contract between you and Newsweek UK Ltd, as well as Newsweek LLC in relation to certain express terms set out below. By subscribing to Newsweek, you agree to be bound by this contract. Please read these Terms of Sale carefully before subscribing. By using Newsweek you also are agreeing to our Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy and Cookie Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms set out in both our Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy and Cookie Policies shall apply to these Terms of Sale. These Terms of Sale are governed by English Law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
1. GENERAL TERMS OF SALE
About Digital and Print Subscriptions
You can review the various Newsweek Premier subscriptions here.
Newsweek reserves the right to modify the content, type, and availability of Newsweek digital or print subscriptions at any time.
Only one person may use the user name and password associated with a digital product account.
For details about your purchases, including payment methods and billing cycles, visit the “My Account” section of Newsweek.com.
Processing, Payment and Delivery
Pricing
Additional Costs
Billing for Digital or Print Subscriptions
The Direct Debit Guarantee
Promotions
Third Parties
Access Restrictions
Mobile Access and Jurisdictional Availability
2. CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
Cancellation and Refunds of Digital, Print Subscriptions or One-Time Purchases
Cancellation of Newsweek Premier Monthly or Annual Digital Subscriptions
When you cancel your digital subscriptions, you cancel only future charges associated with your subscription. You may notify us of your intent to cancel at any time, but cancellation will only become effective as of the billing cycle following the date of cancellation. You will not receive a refund for the current billing cycle. You will continue to have the same access and benefits of your product for the remainder of the current billing period.
Cancellation of Print Subscriptions
When you cancel your print subscription, we will stop your print service and issue a prorated refund for the unserved or unmailed portion of your print subscription. When you cancel your print subscription, your digital subscription will end with it.
Changes to Content or Access
We reserve the right to make changes to our digital products, without any prior warning or notice, at any time. If we temporarily reduce or eliminate the charge for content or access that you are currently paying for under different terms, you will not receive a refund.
Apple Watch competition terms
Complaints policy
Newsweek respects the rights of others and upholds the highest possible standards of ethical and professional journalism. We take complaints about editorial content seriously and if you need to make a complaint, please contact us at editorialcomplaints@newsweek.com and provide us with the information set out below:
