Terms and conditions

This website is operated by Bauer Consumer Media (Bauer) ("Us"). Your use of this website is subject to the following Terms of Use, which you are deemed to accept by using the website:

Copyright & content rights

The copyright and all other rights in the material on this website are owned by Us or are included with the permission of the owner of the rights. As a visitor to this website, you may download a single copy of the material for your own private viewing purposes only.

No copying or distribution for any commercial or business use is permitted without our prior written consent. You may not include a link to our website or display the contents of our website surrounded or framed or otherwise surrounded by material not originating from us without our prior written consent.

User-submitted content 

Any text, images, audio or other content submitted to this site becomes the sole property of Bauer.

Information & availability 

Such Content is intended as a general educational aid and not as professional. medical or healthcare advice. Neither is it intended as a substitute for professional advice relative to a specific condition or questions you may have regarding a medical condition or legal problem.  Always seek the advice of your general practitioner or other qualified healthcare professional regarding any medical condition before starting any new treatment.
 

Whilst we take every care to ensure that the information on this website is accurate and complete, some of it may be supplied to us by third parties and We are unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You are advised to verify the accuracy of any information before relying on it. Further, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, errors, interruptions and delays may occur in the service at any time.

Accordingly, this website is provided "as is" without any warranties of any kind and we do not accept any liability arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the information or interruption in availability.

Interruptions and omissions in this service

While we take every care to ensure that the standard of this website remains high and to maintain the continuity of it, the Internet is not an inherently stable medium, and errors, omissions, interruptions of service and delays may occur at any time. As a result, Bauer London Lifestyle does not accept any ongoing obligation or responsibility for the content of those sites, the owners of which do not necessarily have any link, commerical or otherwise, with Bauer London Lifestyle.

Other promotions & competitions

From time to time, We (or selected third parties) may include competitions, promotions or other offers on this Web site. Each such offer shall be subject to its own express terms and may not be available in all jurisdictions. See below for more competition terms and conditions.

Links to other sites

On this website you may be offered automatic links to other websites. Whilst We hope you will be interested in those websites, you acknowledge that their owners may be independent from us and we do not endorse or accept any responsibility for their content. 

Conditions of sale

Bauer London Lifestyle does accept any responsibility or liability for any losses you may suffer as a result of you booking or purchasing any good or services through this website.

Computer viruses

We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the website does not contain or promulgate any viruses or other malicious code. However it is recommended that you should virus check all materials downloaded from the website and regularly check for the presence of viruses and other malicious code.

We exclude to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws all liability (other than liability for death or personal injury) in connection with any damage or loss caused by computer viruses or other malicious code originating or contracted from the Web site.

Message Board forums

askamum forums are provided for the exchange of information, opinions and comment on the new media world. Your use of these forums is subject to the following terms which, by your use of the forums, you are deemed to accept:

a. You may not use obscene or offensive language.

b. You may not place on the site any material which is defamatory, abusive, discriminatory or hateful.

c. Contributions must be civil and tasteful.

d. Contributions containing languages other than English may be removed

e. No inappropriate (e.g. vulgar, offensive etc) user names.

f. You may not place on the site any material which may encourage criminal conduct or which may give rise to civil liability, or which is otherwise unlawful.

g. You may not place on the site any material belonging to any person other than yourself without the prior written consent of the owner of it.

h. You may not place on the site advertisements or make commercial solicitations.

i. You may not submit or share any defamatory or illegal material of any nature in the askamum communities. This includes text, graphics, video, programs or audio.

j. You grant askamum and Bauer the unrestricted right to use, reproduce, translate and distribute any material you place on the site.

k. Whilst we do not generally pre-screen submissions placed on our online forums, we do have the right (but not the obligation) at our sole discretion to review, edit, move or delete any material submitted to our online forums.

l. askamum and Bauer accept no responsibility for any statements, material or other submissions placed on our Online Forums by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage resulting from your breach of these Rules of Acceptable Use.

m. You agree to indemnify askamum and Bauer, and their representatives and employees from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal fees) which arise from your statements, contributions or other submissions to our Online Forums, from any unauthorised use of material obtained from our Online Forums or otherwise from your breach of our Rules of Acceptable Use.

You agree to indemnify askamum and Bauer, and their representatives and employees from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal fees) which arise from your statements, contributions or other submissions to our Online Forums, from any unauthorised use of material obtained from our Online Forums or otherwise from your breach of our Rules of Acceptable Use.

n.askamum.co.uk will have the right, but not the obligation, in Our sole discretion and for any reason to presceen, edit, refuse to accept or remove or move any Content provided by Users that is posted to or from or made available on Our Web Site which has been transmitted to, from or via or posted on Our Web Site by a User. We will not be liable whatsoever for doing this.

o. You may not insult members of staff on askamum.

p. You may not write defamatory or inappropriate content about askamum.

We may record preserve and disclose anything which has been transmitted to, from or via or posted on Our Web Site and the services, where required by law or where we are acting in good faith.

If you choose to ignore any of the T & C's askamum has the right to remove the user and delete their account 

Language
In the event of conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the English version of this Agreement and any translation provided by us, the English version shall prevail.

Severability
In the event that any term of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain valid and enforceable.

Trade marks
The following are trade marks of Bauer or its sister companies and which may be registered in certain jurisdictions:

Bauer                                                                                                        Bauer media
askamum
Mother & Baby
Pregnancy & birth

Variation of this agreement
Bauer reserves the right to vary the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time. Such variations become effective immediately upon the posting of the varied Agreement on the Web site. By continuing to use the Web site you will be deemed to accept such variations.

askamum website, Mother & Baby magazine and Pregnancy & birth magazine

COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Competitions organised by Bauer London Lifestyle whose address is Bauer London Lifestyle, Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JG, who publishes the magazines currently known as Mother & Baby and Pregnancy & birth who operates the website (www.askamum.co.uk) associated with the Magazine (the "Promoter").

2. Entries to the competition will be accepted (subject to these terms and conditions) from the date stated on each individual competition to the end stated on each individual competition inclusive (the "competition period"). Any entries received outside of the competition period will be deemed invalid.

3. All entrants must be over 18 years of age at the date of entry and resident in the UK. The eligibility of any entrant is at the sole discretion of the Promoter.

4. Employees, families or agents of the promoter or any of its associated companies are not eligible to enter the competition. Only one entry per person and per household is permitted.

5. No purchase of any sort is necessary to enter competitions and entry to the promoter's websites is free of charge. Entries to the competition should be submitted by writing, using phone lines or via email (depending on what is stated on each individual competition) to the promoter at the promoter's address, phone number or email shown, in accordance with these terms and conditions.

6. There will be prize(s) awarded to the stated number of prize winner(s). The prize winner will be the correct entry/ies to be selected at random by the promoter from all correct answers received at the end of the competition Period .

7. The prize winner will be notified as soon as is practicable after the end of the competition period. The decision of the promoter is final and no correspondence will be entered into. If the prize winner fails to respond to correspondence from the Promoter and/or fails (for whatever reason) to claim his/her prize within 14 days of receipt of the Promoter's notification that he/she has won a prize, the promoter shall be entitled to select an alternative prize winner and the prize winner who has not responded will not be entitled to a prize or any alternative. Details of the prize winner's name and county of residence can be requested by writing to the Promoter at the Promoter's address shown above.

8. The Prize is subject to availability and the Promoter may, at its sole discretion, substitute the Prize for a prize of a similar nature and/or comparable value. The Prize Winner may not request and shall not be entitled to a cash alternative to the Prize and the Prize is non-refundable and non-transferable. The Promoter will not be liable for any travel costs, spending money, insurance or any other costs associated with a Prize unless otherwise stated.

9. The Promoter accepts no responsibility or liability for any lost, damaged or incomplete entries and all such entries will be deemed invalid. Proof of entry shall not be proof of delivery or receipt. Only entries received in accordance with these terms and conditions will be acceptable.

10. The Promoter will not be liable if the prize does not reach the prize winner for reasons beyond the control of the Promoter or if the prize is damaged during delivery.

11. Proof of age may be required before the prize can be claimed by the prize winner. Before a prize is awarded, the prize winner may be required to sign a statement of eligibility and liability/publicity release.

12. The prize winner agrees to take part in any promotional activity at the Promoter's request and consent to his/her name, location and photograph being published for the purposes of this competition and promoting the Promoter and its business.

13. By entering the competition, all entrants are deemed to accept these terms and conditions. The promoter may, at its sole discretion, change any of these terms and conditions at its discretion and post the details of any such change on its websites. The decision of the Promoter is final in respect of all matters connected with the competition.

14. The terms and conditions of any third party supplier may apply and must be accepted and complied with by the prize winner.

15. Each entrant will be given the opportunity to indicate their consent to email and SMS marketing in the entry mechanism of the competition and the Promoter shall treat any personal data relating to entrants in accordance with current UK data protection legislation. If there is no option for entrants to exclude themselves from third party use of data, then no data shall be provided.


16. On submitting an entry, each entrant irrevocably and exclusively grants and assigns to the Promoter with full title guarantee the entire copyright and all other rights of whatever nature in his/her entry for the full duration of such rights throughout the world.

17. Other than for death or personal injury arising from negligence of the Promoter, so far as is permitted by law, the Promoter hereby excludes all liability for any loss, damage, cost and expense, whether direct or indirect, howsoever caused in connection with the Competition or any aspect of the Prize.

18. These terms and conditions are governed by and construed and performed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, whose courts shall be the courts of exclusive jurisdiction.

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