PLEASE NOTE; If Search
Position Ltd has not received written notification
within 5 working days of date on first invoice it will be
deemed that you have accepted and agree to be bound by the
Terms & Conditions listed below.
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| Advertising Products Terms and Conditions |
| 1. |
Introduction, Incorporation and Interpretation |
| 1.1 |
Search Position Ltd in conjunction with
the Third Party Provider maintains and hosts each Advertising
product. |
| 1.2 |
These terms are incorporated into each agreement entered
into between the Customer and Search Position Ltd relating to the supply of Advertising products (each a “Contract”)
whether or not the Customer Order Form or any other document
which the Customer signs makes reference to these terms. |
| 1.3 |
In this Contract, the following expressions have the following
respective meanings (unless the context otherwise requires); |
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| “Advertising
product” means the product (as
described in the Advertising product Listing) actually
specified on the Customer Order Form to be supplied
by Search Position Ltd; |
| “Advertising product
Content Collection Sheet” means
the specification of the Advertising product attached
to the Customer Order Form; |
| “Advertising product
Listing” means the description
of Search Position’s Advertising products and
services as at the date of this Contract to which these
terms apply; |
| “Customer” means the person identified as such on the Customer
Order Form; |
| “Customer Content” means the Customer’s content created or supplied
by the Customer for publication on the Advertising product; |
| “Customer Links” means any hyperlinks placed by the Customer in the Customer
Content or otherwise on the Advertising product; |
| “Customer Order
Form” means the customer order
form which forms part of this Contract; |
| “Fees” means the set up fees and any service provision
fees for the Advertising product as set out on the Customer
Order Form; |
| “Third Party Provider” means the search engine provider on whose search engine
the Advertising product will apppear |
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| 1.4 |
References in this Contract to a clause is a reference to
a clause of this Contract. |
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| 2.0 |
Advertising products and Services provided |
| 2.1 |
Search Position Ltd shall permit the Customer
to post the Customer Content on the Advertising product purchased
for the relevant term and subject to the payment of Fees. |
| 2.2 |
Search Position Ltd shall develop the Advertising
product in accordance with the Customer Content. The Customer
shall provide the Customer Content to Search Position
Ltd either at the time of the order or within 2 weeks
from the date on the Customer Order Form (unless otherwise
agreed in writing) and in such format as Search Position
Ltd reasonably requires. If Search Position
Ltd receives the Customer Content after the 2 weeks
allowed then Search Position Ltd reserves
the right to make an additional charge for the time spent
in publishing the Customer Content in accordance with the
current rates of our service plan. If after 2 weeks of placing
the order Search Position Ltd has not received
any content then Search Position Ltd will
complete the Advertising product using basic business details. |
| 2.3 |
Search Position Ltd aim to complete your
Advertising product within four weeks of receiving your content
(where applicable) |
| 2.4 |
Search Position Ltd cannot guarantee timescales
of delivery on any performance based Advertising product i.e
impressions, clicks or leads (refer to Advertising product
Listing) |
| 2.5 |
Search Position Ltd agrees to make submissions
of the Advertising product to one or more search engines i.e.
Third Party Providers as discussed with the Customer and if
it does so the Customer agrees that Search Position
Ltd has no control over these search engines and
as such cannot guarantee that the submission will be accepted
or at what position the item will appear. |
| 2.6 |
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Customer Order
Form, positioning of Advertising products is at the sole discretion
of the Third Party Provider, and the Third Party Provider
will not be prohibited from also carrying Advertising products
for any product or business competitive to that of the Customer. |
| 2.7 |
Unless stated on the order form Search Position
Ltd does not guarantee any delivery units i.e impressions,
clicks or leads of an Advertising Product (refer to Advertising
product Listing) |
| 2.8 |
Search Position Ltd and the Third Party
Provider shall be responsible for the hosting, operation and
maintenance of the Advertising product and although it shall
use its reasonable endeavours to keep the Advertising product
available on the internet, Search Position Ltd gives no guarantee as to continuing service availability. |
| 2.9 |
Unless otherwise agreed in writing any property or material
supplied by or on behalf of the Customer in order for Search
Position Ltd to create the Advertising product will
not be returned to the Customer. |
| 2.10 |
On termination of this Contract (except for termination
by Search Position Ltd under clause 4.3)
and provided that the Customer has paid all Fees due to Search
Position Ltd whether under this Contract or otherwise Search Position Ltd shall, if so requested,
transfer to the Customer in electronic format the Customer
Content contained on the Advertising product. |
| 2.11 |
The Customer accepts that Search Position Ltd cannot ensure that the Advertising product in all respects
is visible in all browsers and versions of these browsers. Search Position Ltd shall use its reasonable
endeavours to ensure that the Advertising product is visible
in the most commonly used version of Internet Explorer. |
| 2.12 |
Search Position Ltd reserves the right
at anytime without notice to remove any Customer Content or
Customer Links from the Advertising product if it reasonably
believes the Customer Content (or any web site linked to through
a Customer Link) would put the Customer in breach of this
Contract or otherwise would be detrimental to the interests
of Search Position Ltd or the goodwill of Search Position Ltd. Any such action by Search
Position Ltd shall be without prejudice to Search
Position Ltd’s other rights and remedies. |
| 2.13 |
The customer accepts that any Advertising product purchased
is subject to editorial review by Search Position
Ltd and any Third Party Provider. |
| 2.14 |
Information concerning the Customer contained on the Advertising
product will be derived from information provided by the Customer
and it is therefore the Customer's responsibility to ensure
that the information is accurate by checking the Advertising
product. Search Position Ltd shall incur
no liability for any errors in that information except those
which could not reasonably be checked by the Customer and
introduced by Search Position Ltd |
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| 3 |
Payment of the Fees |
| 3.1 |
Where the Fees set out on the Customer Order Form include
those expressed to be initial set up fees, the Customer shall
pay that element of the Fees on entering into this Contract.
Where the Fees set out on the Customer Order Form include
those expressed to be monthly set up or service provision
fees, the Customer shall pay those elements of the Fees monthly
in advance by direct debit unless otherwise specifically agreed
by Search Position Ltd. |
| 3.2 |
All payments made shall include value added tax at the prevailing
rate. |
| 3.3 |
Search Position Ltd reserves the right
to increase its service provision fees at any time after the
first anniversary of the date on the Customer Order Form subject
to 21 days written notice to the Customer of such increase. |
| 3.4 |
The Customer shall pay all amounts due to Search
Position Ltd in full without any deduction or withholding,
and shall not assert any credit or set-off or counterclaim
against Search Position Ltd in order to justify
the withholding of the whole or part of any such amount. If
any Fees become overdue for payment Search Position
Ltd may claim interest (both before and after judgement)
at a daily rate of 4% above Barclays Bank base rate until
all outstanding Fees are received. |
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| 4 |
Term, Renewals and Termination |
| 4.1 |
The term of the Contract will be as set out in the Customer
Order Form |
| 4.2 |
Except as expressly set out in the Customer Order Form,
any renewal of the Advertising product will be at Search
Position Ltd’s’ sole discretion. The
rates applicable to such renewal period (if any) are subject
to change by Search Position Ltd from time
to time in its absolute discretion. |
| 4.3 |
Either Search Position Ltd or the Customer
may terminate this Contract with immediate effect by giving
notice to the other party if that other party is in breach
of any of its obligations under this Contract and, other than
when the breach is a failure to pay Fees and where it is capable
of remedy, the breach has continued unremedied for a period
of seven days after the other party has given notice to the
defaulting party specifying the breach and the steps required
to remedy it; or |
| 4.4 |
The termination of this Contract (for any reason) shall;
(i) be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which Search Position Ltd may be entitled to under
this Contract or at law; (ii) not affect any accrued rights
or liabilities which Search Position Ltd may then have; and (iii) not affect the coming into or continuance
in force of any provision of this Contract which is expressly
or by implication intended to come into or continue in force
after such termination. |
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| 5 |
Customer Content |
| 5.1 |
The Customer shall provide the Customer Content to Search
Position Ltd either at the time of the order or within
2 weeks by means of an email to content@search-position.co.uk
or such other email address as Search Position Ltd may elect or by post. Search Position Ltd shall use the Customer Content to create the Advertising product. |
| 5.2 |
The Customer represents, warrants and undertakes that the
Customer Content is: |
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| (a) |
legal, proper, decent, honest and accurate
and it complies with all relevant codes including, without
limitation, the British Code of Advertising Practice
and all other codes under the general supervision of
the Advertising Standards Authority |
| (b) |
not an advertisement under the Financial Services
Act 1986. |
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| 5.3 |
The Customer represents, warrants and undertakes that the
Customer Content, and any web site linked to by the Customer
Links (“Linked Content”): |
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| (a) |
will not contain obscene or indecent or
other unlawful material; |
| (b) |
will not contain materials which infringe the copyright,
database rights, trademark rights, patent rights, moral
rights or any other intellectual property rights of
any third party; |
| (c) |
will comply will all applicable law; |
| (d) |
will not contain any defamatory or untrue material
or material which abuses, harasses, threatens or is
otherwise offensive to any other person; |
| (e) |
will not contain any virus; |
| (f) |
will not contain any other material which is likely
to harm the reputation of Search Position Ltd. |
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| 5.4 |
If in Search Position Ltd’s reasonable
opinion any Customer Content or Linked Content puts (or is
likely to put) the Customer in breach of clauses 5.2 or 5.3,
then Search Position Ltd may (without prejudice
to its other rights and remedies) remove that Customer Content
or the relevant Customer Link.
5.5. Any Customer Content which contains content of an unlawful
or otherwise unacceptable nature (including but not limited
to pornography or depicting violence) will be reported to
the appropriate authorities. |
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| 6 |
Limitation of Liability |
| 6.1 |
Except as expressly provided in this Contract, Search Position Ltd gives no warranty in
relation to the provision of services under this Contract
and all warranties, express or implied, are excluded. |
| 6.2 |
Subject to clause 6.4, Search Position
Ltd’s entire liability to the Customer incurred
arising out of or, in connection with this Contract including
without limit for breach of contract, misrepresentation (except
that fraudulently made) and tort (including negligence) is
limited to the amount of the Fees paid by the Customer under
this Contract in the preceding 12 months. |
| 6.3 |
Subject to clause 6.4, Search Position
Ltd excludes all liability for (a) any loss of profits,
business, contracts, revenues, goodwill, production and anticipated
savings; or (b) any indirect, consequential, special or economic
loss of any kind; arising from any failure to publish in a
timely manner or at all any Advertising product in accordance
with the Customer Order Form. |
| 6.4 |
Search Position Ltd does not
limit or exclude liability for death or personal injury caused
by negligence. |
| 6.5 |
Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, Search Position Ltd expressly excludes liability
for any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage
which may arise out of or in relation to the Contract between Search Position Ltd and the Customer or for
loss of profit, business, revenue, goodwill or anticipated
savings, even if Search Position Ltd has
been advised as to the possibility of such damages. |
| 6.6 |
In addition, without limiting the foregoing, Search Position Ltd cannot be held responsible
for any failure or delay resulting from any governmental action,
natural disaster, insurrection, power failure, riot, explosion,
embargo, strikes whether legal or illegal, labour or material
shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slowdown
or any other condition beyond the control of Search
Position Ltd affecting production or delivery in
any manner. |
| 6.7 |
Each of the provisions of this clause 7 are
to be construed separately and independently of the other,
and if any provision of this clause 7 (or any other clause
herein) is found by any court or other judicial body of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity
or unenforceability of such provision will not affect the
other provisions of this clause 7 (or any other clause herein)
which will remain in full force and effect. |
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| 7 |
Licenses, Customer Representations
And Indemnification |
| 7.1 |
The Customer warrants and represents that the
Customer is the owner or is licensed to use the entire contents
and subject matter contained in its Advertising product. |
| 7.2 |
In addition, the Customer warrants and represents
to Search Position Ltd that |
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| (i) |
It has the right to publish all of the
contents of the Advertising product, and can grant to Search Position Ltd such right, and
that such publication will not: (a) infringe any rights
of any third party including, without limitation, intellectual
property rights and rights of privacy; and (b) violate
any applicable law or regulation. |
| (ii) |
The Advertising product does not contain anything
that is defamatory, obscene, false or misleading |
| (iii) |
It has complied with the codes of practice issued
by the Committee of Advertising Practice in the UK and
the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland and
all other relevant industry codes of practice. |
| (iv) |
The Advertising product submitted pursuant to the
Customer Order Form either: (a) does not constitute
an investment advertisement within the meaning of the
Financial Services Act 1986 ("the Act") or
other applicable law; or (b) has been approved by an
"authorised person" within the meaning of
the Act or is otherwise permitted under the Act and
the Customer has expressly notified Search Position
Ltd in writing of this |
| (v) |
It does not collect or use personal information through
its Advertising product without permission from the
user. The Customer may not combine, co-mingle, compare
or match any information that they legally collect via
its Advertising product with any personal information,
clickstream or cookie information that they may have. |
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| 7.3 |
Hereby the Customer expressly grants to Search
Position Ltd: |
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| (i) |
a non-exclusive, world-wide right to use,
reproduce, publicly display, and distribute the Advertising
product in accordance with the Customer Order Form and
these Terms and Conditions and warrants that the Customer
has the right to grant such license; |
| (ii) |
the express right to reproduce throughout the world
screen shots of the Advertising product supplied to
the Customer by Search Position Ltd on or in any promotional or advertising material or
campaign promoting or advertising Search Position
Ltd (but not any promotional or advertising
campaign paid for by Search Position Ltd). |
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| 7.4 |
In consideration of Search Position
Ltd’s acceptance of such Advertising products,
the Customer agrees to indemnify and hold Search Position
Ltd and Search Position Ltd’s
employees harmless against any and all claims actual or any
kind (including, without limitation, any claim of trademark
or copyright infringement, libel, defamation, breach of confidentiality,
breach of any statutory or regulatory duty, false or misleading
advertising or breach of any industry advertising codes or
sales practices), damages, liabilities, costs and expenses),
including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out
of or in connection to: |
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| (i) |
any material to which users are able to
be linked to through the Advertising product, |
| (ii) |
Search Position Ltd’s performance
under the Contract, and |
| (iii) |
the copying, printing, distributing, or publishing
of the Advertising product by Search Position
Ltd. |
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| 8 |
Copyright and Intellectual Propery |
| 8.1 |
The entire copyright and any other intellectual
property rights in the Customer Content throughout the world
shall be and shall remain the exclusive property of the Customer. |
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| 9 |
Use of Data |
| 9.1 |
The Customer hereby agrees and acknowledges
that Search Position Ltd (or representatives
or agents of Search Position Ltd) will collect
personal data supplied by the Customer, including contact
details such as names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail
addresses, and that Search Position Ltd may
use and retain any personal data supplied by and relating
to the Customer for the purposes set out in this Contract.
The Customer agrees that Search Position Ltd may use any Customer address or e-mail address for the purpose
of contacting the Customer about Search Position Ltd 's products and services. |
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| 10 |
General |
| 10.1 |
Search Position Ltd shall
not be liable for any loss, damage or delay howsoever arising
caused by events which are not reasonably foreseeable or caused
by circumstances outside its reasonable control including
without limitation the failure of third parties to provide
necessary or desirable services, failure of infrastructure
or power suppliers, denial of service or similar attacks or
other reasons causing service outages which result in the
prevention or delay of its performance under this Contract. Search Position Ltd shall be excused from
such performance to extent of such prevention or delay. |
| 10.2 |
All notices to be given under this Contract
shall be in writing and shall be sent by first class post
to the address on the Customer Order Form. Any notice given
under this Contract, which is sent by post in accordance with
this clause 10, shall be deemed to have been received two
days after posting. |
| 10.3 |
This Contract constitutes the entire agreement
between the Customer and Search Position Ltd in relation to the Advertising product. No addition to or
modification of this Contract shall be effective unless it
is in writing and signed by a duly authorised representative
of both the Customer and Search Position Ltd. |
| 10.4 |
Nothing in this Contract shall create, or be
deemed to create, a partnership or joint venture between the
Customer and Search Position Ltd or the relationship
of principal and agent between the Customer and Search
Position Ltd. |
| 10.5 |
No delay or failure on the part of either party
to exercise or to enforce any right given to it by this Contract
or at law, or any custom or practice of the Customer and/or Search Position Ltd at variance with the
terms of this Contract shall constitute a waiver of either
the Customer’s or Search Position Ltd’s
respective rights under this Contract or operate so as to
prevent the exercise or enforcement of any such right at any
time. |
| 10.6 |
If any provision of this Contract is held to
be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, that provision
or part shall to that extent be deemed not to form part of
this Contract. However, the validity and enforceability of
the remainder of this Contract shall not be affected. |
| 10.7 |
The Customer may not assign the whole or any
part of its rights or obligations under this Contract without
the prior written consent of Search Position Ltd. Search Position Ltd may assign or sub-contract
the whole or any part of its rights or obligations under this
Contract without restrictions. |
| 10.8 |
No person has any rights under this Contract
save as may be set out in it and the parties agree that the
Contracts (Right of Third Parties) Act 1999 is excluded |
| 10.9 |
This Contract shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with English law and the Customer and Search
Position Ltd submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the English courts |
| 10.9 |
If you want to contact Search Position
Ltd our offices are open 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday
to Friday, except for public holidays. See below for our telephone
number, fax number, e-mail and full postal address. |
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Search Position
Ltd
Pendle Innovation Centre
Brook Street
Nelson
Lancashire
BB9 9PU
Tel: 0845 055 1670
Fax: 0845 055 1671
E-mail: info@search-position.co.uk |