Terms of use
Terms of Use
By using our services, you are agreeing to be bound by all of these terms and conditions. We may change or update these terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of this site means that you accept any new or modified terms. So please check back here from time to time.
Trademark
Hofmanns is a registered trademark. Other products and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.
Copyright
Copyright in Hofmanns (including but not limited to text, photographs, graphics and software) is owned by or licensed to Hofmanns. All rights are hereby reserved by Hofmanns. Users may access content in Hofmanns solely for their own personal, non-commercial use. Users may not otherwise download or copy, store in any medium (including any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, modify or show in public any part of Hofmanns without the prior written consent of Hofmanns. If you wish to make inquiries about a licence to reproduce material from the websites of Hofmanns, please contact us. By posting material on this website, you promise that it does not infringe any third party rights.
Registration
By registering, you certify that all information you provide in the registration is accurate. Users may only maintain one active registration. In other words, it’s one registration per person. By accepting this agreement, you certify that you have no other registration with Hofmanns. You may not register a username that contains any reference to a company or website name.
Our Content
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, all of the content on this site is the property of Hofmanns or has been licensed for use by Hofmanns and is protected by UK and international copyright laws. “Content” means any information, mode of expression, or other material and services found on Hofmanns. This includes discussion boards, chat, software, our writings, graphics and any and all other features found on this website. Our content is intended for individual, personal use only. Any copying, distribution, storing or transmission of any kind, or any sort of commercial use of our content is strictly prohibited without our prior written permission.
We do not warrant that the website, its content or the server that makes it available are error or virus free or free of other harmful components or that your use of this website will be uninterrupted.
If you are dissatisfied with the website or any content or materials on it, your sole exclusive remedy is to discontinue your use of the website.
All content of this website including but not limited to the text, photographs, images, graphics, illustrations, designs, written and other material including the program and code that operates this website (together the ‘content’) is protected by copyright, trade mark and/or other proprietary rights owned by or licensed to us. Downloading, printing or copying of any content from this website is permitted only for the purposes of personal use in which case you must acknowledge the source of the material. All other uses of the content are expressly prohibited.
The website may provide links to other websites, the content of which is not in our control. Accordingly we cannot accept any responsibility for the materials featured on such websites. Links to such websites are not to be taken as an endorsement of such websites or as a warranty that such websites will be free of viruses or other such items of a destructive nature.
Your Conduct
Hofmanns encourages active and open debate among our members. All that we ask is that it’s done in a lawful and civil manner – be it posting on our boards or using our system to email another user directly. Accordingly, you agree to use Hofmanns for lawful purposes only.
You may not use, or allow others to use, your membership to:
- Post or transmit any content that is abusive, vulgar, obscene, hateful, fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, harassing, or defamatory or which discloses private or personal matters concerning any person;
- Post or transmit any material that you do not have a right to transmit under law (such as copyright, trade secret or securities) or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (as in nondisclosure agreements);
- Post, transmit, or link to sexually explicit material;
- Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or entity;
- Post or transmit statements that are intentionally false or misleading, or use such statements to manipulate the market for any security;
- Post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation including chain letters or pyramid schemes;
- Collect or store personal data about other users;
- Post or transmit any file that contains viruses, corrupted files, “Trojan Horses,” or any other contaminating or destructive features that may damage someone else’s computer.
While we can’t review all transmissions by our users, Hofmanns reserves the right to monitor any information transmitted or received through our service. Hofmanns, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, may at any time review, edit, remove, or otherwise block any material posted on this website or terminate your membership for violating the above provisions.
You are responsible for all statements made and acts that occur through the use of your membership and password. Please don’t disclose your password to anybody. If your password has been stolen, you must contact us immediately.
Indemnification
In the event of a breach of this agreement – and a loss being suffered as a consequence – Hofmanns will look to hold the consumer responsible for reasonable losses.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability
Hofmanns cannot and does not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the news or editorial content found on our site.
You understand and acknowledge that information posted or transmitted by other users are the sole responsibility of the person from which such material originated. Hofmanns takes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or truth of the information posted on this website.
Hofmanns shall not be liable for any decision made or action taken by you or others based upon reliance on news published by Hofmanns. We rely on various sources of information that we believe to be accurate and reliable.
