Royal Blind, whose registered office is at Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh, EH10 4HZ (Charity Number SC 017167) trading as Royal Blind Asylum and School, operates www.royalblind.org and www.nationalbrailleweek.org (the "Websites"). These are the general Terms and Conditions which govern your use of the Websites. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you should not continue to use or access the Websites.
These Terms and Conditions may change or be updated from time to time. It remains your responsibility to access and check these Terms and Conditions wherever you access the Websites. The latest version of these Terms and Conditions will govern any future usage by you of the Website.
About Royal Blind
The websites provide information on Royal Blind and its operations and allows you to donate to, and raise funds for, Royal Blind.
Use of your donation
Donations will go towards unrestricted funds unless you express otherwise on the donation form.
Unauthorised card use
When a donation is made on the Website the transaction is final and not disputable unless unauthorised use of your payment card is proved. If you become aware of fraudulent use of your card, or if it is lost or stolen, you must notify your card provider in accordance with its reporting rules.
Gift Aid information
When you donate to a charity on the Website and confirm that you are a UK taxpayer in accordance with the requirements of the Gift Aid Scheme as they apply from time to time, ROYAL BLIND reclaims Gift Aid on behalf of the charity under the Gift Aid Scheme. ROYAL BLIND is not an accounting, taxation or financial advisor, and you should not rely on information given on the Website to determine the accounting, tax or financial consequences of making a donation to charity. We strongly recommend that you consult your own adviser(s) about any accounting, taxation or financial consequences that may affect you.
Privacy
Royal Blind's Privacy Policy forms part of these Terms and Conditions. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions you also give your consent to the way we may handle your personal information under that Policy. Read our privacy policy here.
User conduct
You must at all times use the Website and its associated services in a responsible and legal manner. In particular, but not exclusively:
- You must not upload offensive, obscene or racist content, including photographs, on to the Website. Royal Blind reserves the right to remove or edit any content posted on the Website at its sole discretion and without notice, regardless of whether or not it is, in the opinion of any third party, offensive, obscene or racist. If you notice any such content, please email us.
In addition, you as a user must not:
- misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any other person or organisation;
- use the website to send junk email or 'spam' to people who do not wish to receive email from you;
- use the Website to conduct, display or forward surveys, raffles, lotteries, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters;
- interfere with, or disrupt, the service or services or networks connected to the service and introduce any computer virus (including any variant or similar malicious code or instructions) to the Royal Blind systems.
Links
The Website contains links to other organisations, whether charities or otherwise. Inclusion of a link to another website does not imply endorsement of its content or opinions.
Copyright
All content on the Website is owned by Royal Blind and is protected by the applicable intellectual property and proprietary rights and laws. You may copy content for your own personal, non-commercial use provided you do not alter it or remove any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notice. No other use of the Website's content is permitted without the express prior permission of Royal Blind.
Changes to the service
Royal Blind will make every effort to ensure that the Website and other services are available continuously, but reserves the right to modify, suspend or discontinue all or any part at any time with or without notice. Unless specifically exempted, any new features, services or software applications introduced shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.
Failure to comply with these Terms and Conditions
In the event that you commit a breach of these Terms and Conditions Royal Blind reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately and without notice suspend or permanently deny your access to all or part of the Website and services.
Termination
You may discontinue use of the Website and services at any time. These Terms and Conditions will continue to apply to past use by you.
Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Royal Blind does not, and nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall act to, exclude or limit Royal Blind's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence, fraud or any other liability which may not by applicable law be excluded or limited.
You agree that your use of the Website is on an "as is" and "as available" basis and that your use of the Website is at your sole risk. Royal Blind does not guarantee continuous uninterrupted or secure access to our services and operation of the Website may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. On that basis, except as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions, Royal Blind does not provide conditions, warranties or other terms in relation to the Website, to the extent permissible by law. Royal Blind shall undertake general maintenance and upkeep of the Website so from time to time the website maybe unavailable for use.
Subject to exceptions listed above, in no event shall Royal Blind be liable (whether for breach of contract, negligence or for any other reason) for any loss or damage which you may claim to have suffered by reason of your accessing and use of the Website, including (but not limited to) loss of profits, exemplary or special damages, loss of sales, loss of revenue, loss of goodwill, loss of any software or data, loss of bargain, loss of opportunity, loss of use of computer equipment, loss of or waste of management or other staff time, or for any indirect, consequential or special loss, however arising.
Royal Blind may change the format and content of the Website from time to time. You should refresh your browser each time you visit the Website to ensure that you download the most up to date version of the Website, including the latest version of these Terms and Conditions.
Governing law
These Terms and Conditions are governed by law and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts.
Third party rights
A person who is not a party to these Terms and Conditions has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms and Conditions.