Terms and conditions.
Just so that everyone's clear and everything's covered.
These Terms and Conditions (Ts & Cs) cover www.dothegreenthing.com (Green Thing). Your use of the site indicates your agreement to abide by these Ts & Cs and the Privacy Policy. Especially if you've signed up and ticked that little box.
External link disclaimer
We encourage users to link to us - no need to ask. However, we don't permit our pages to be used within frames on your site.
We cannot be responsible for the reliability of links on this site, the availability of linked pages or the content on sites we link to. We don't necessarily endorse the information on third-party sites. But we do think they are worth checking out, or we wouldn't have included them.
Comments
We encourage users to comment on most pages of the site. As a general rule, comments should be interesting and informative for other users and the following guidelines must be adhered to:
- If a comment is made with your user ID, we'll assume it was posted by you.
- Play nice. This is not the place for offensive, defamatory, libellous, abusive, obscene, threatening, harassing or sexually explicit material. Do not make misleading or false statements.
- Buying and selling of products and services is not allowed.
- Do not post copyright-protected material, confidential or sensitive information, or anything else that you legally should not post.
- We're going to try to read all comments, but we can't be responsible for information posted in the comments section. However, if we receive notice of any posting that does not follow these terms of use, we reserve the right to delete it. We won't editorialise or delete comments for any other reason.
Intellectual property rights
All intellectual property rights associated with this web site are owned and controlled by Green Thing Limited except for third-party content which is embedded in the site, or where otherwise specified.
TM protection
"Do the Green Thing" and the Green Thing logo are trademarked and may not be used without Green Thing's prior written permission, except for non-commercial use that can be classified as 'fair dealing'. We play fair here and expect you to do likewise.
Creative Commons versus Copyright
Most content created by Green Thing will be covered by the Creative Commons license, unless otherwise noted to have full copyright protection. Content embedded from third-party sites is covered by the rights protection state on those sites.
Use of feeds
You may display any RSS feeds we provide on your web site. See above for information regarding the intellectual property rights and copyright of these feeds. You may not charge users for accessing content from this web site or otherwise use the content for commercial gain.
User submissions
You must abide by the Ts & Cs and privacy policy of any third party sites wherein you post content which is embedded within the Green Thing site.
Web access
In order to access some features of this site, you will have to sign up for an account. Keep your password secure because you are responsible for the activity that occurs on your account. Please notify Green Thing immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account by sending us an email to help@dothegreenthing.com.
Age restrictions
Green Thing is only for users who are 16 years of age or older. Anyone younger, thanks for reading these Ts & Cs and please come back when you're 16.
Children's Privacy
We do not collect or record any user's age. If you have received inappropriate mailings, please email us at help@dothegreenthing.com and we will suppress the email address from our outgoing communications as soon as possible.
Virus protection
We test all content and downloads before they appear on the live site. However, we cannot be responsible for any loss of data, disruption or damage to your computer. Therefore, we recommend that you run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from this site and the third-party sites we link to.
Warranty disclaimer
This site is provided 'as is'. We do not guarantee that the functions or content of this site will be error free, fit for purpose, of satisfactory quality or available. We also do not guarantee that defects will be corrected or that this site or the server that hosts it are free of viruses. Please notify us of any errors or defects by sending an email to feedback@dothegreenthing.com.
Governing law
These Ts & Cs shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising under these Ts & Cs shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted at law, Green Thing shall not be liable to you for any damages resulting from errors, inaccuracies, unauthorized access to and use of our web site or secure servers or personal information stored within, interruption of transmission, bugs or viruses.
Last updated: September 2007
If you enjoyed reading these terms and conditions, you might want to check out more great sets of Ts & Cs. Try the Travelodge Hotel ones, especially the section on 'Checking Out' and the 'Terms of Use on the BBC website. Some mighty fine Ts & Cs there.
