Legal & Terms of use

1. Website use

You may use our websites for lawful personal and business purposes only.

You agree not to use our websites, content or systems in any way that:

• Breaches any applicable law or regulation;
• Is unlawful, fraudulent, misleading, harmful, defamatory, abusive or discriminatory;
• Attempts to gain unauthorised access to our websites, servers, systems, data or user accounts;
• Introduces viruses, malware, malicious code or other harmful technology;
• Disrupts, damages, overloads or impairs the operation of our websites or services;
• Misrepresents your identity, business, authority or affiliation;
• Copies, republishes or exploits our content without permission;
• Uses our content, branding or reputation in a misleading or damaging way.

2. Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, all content published by You Platforms is owned by or licensed to You Platforms.

This includes, but is not limited to, articles, editorial features, sponsored content, photography, video, graphics, illustrations, logos, branding, page layouts, databases, newsletters, social media content, designs, code, software and other published material.

Our content is protected by copyright, database rights, trade marks and other intellectual property rights.

All rights are reserved.

You may:

• View our content for personal use;
• Print or download a single copy for personal reference;
• Share links to our content using normal website or social media functionality.

You must not, without prior written permission from You Platforms:

• Copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute our content;
• Publish our content on another website, app, platform, newsletter, social channel, intranet or database;
• Use our content for commercial purposes;
• Sell, licence, syndicate, scrape, extract or redistribute our content;
• Remove, obscure or alter copyright notices, author credits, commercial disclosures or branding;
• Create derivative works from our content;
• Frame, mirror or embed substantial parts of our websites or content;
• Use our content in a way that suggests endorsement, partnership or association where none exists.

3. Copyright enforcement and unauthorised copying

You Platforms actively protects its intellectual property rights.

If our content is copied, reproduced, adapted, republished, distributed, scraped, syndicated, commercially exploited or otherwise used without permission, we reserve the right to take enforcement action.

This may include:

• Issuing takedown notices;
• Requiring immediate removal of infringing material;
• Issuing retrospective licence invoices;
• Recovering unpaid licence fees;
• Recovering investigation, administration and legal costs;
• Seeking damages, additional damages, injunctions and other legal remedies.

Unauthorised use of our content does not create a licence, permission or right to continue using that content.

Where unauthorised use is identified, we may charge a retrospective commercial licence fee from the date of first use. This fee may reflect the nature, duration, scale, commercial value and context of the unauthorised use.

Additional charges may apply where content has been used commercially, altered, republished without attribution, used to promote goods or services, used in advertising or marketing, or used in a way that damages the reputation or value of our brands.

Nothing in these terms limits our rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or any other applicable law.

4. AI training, scraping, text and data mining

No permission is granted for our content to be used for artificial intelligence training, machine learning, large language model training, text and data mining, retrieval augmented generation, dataset creation, automated summarisation, automated content generation or similar purposes.

You must not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit automated access, scraping, crawling, harvesting, extraction, copying or reuse of our content without prior written permission.

This applies to commercial and non-commercial use, and includes access by bots, crawlers, spiders, automated scripts, software agents, APIs and artificial intelligence systems.

5. Accuracy of information

We take reasonable care to publish information that is accurate at the time of publication, but we do not guarantee that any content is complete, accurate, current, reliable, suitable or available.

Information can change without notice and may become inaccurate over time.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• Opening times;
• Ticket prices;
• Menus, food and drink offerings;
• Venue, attraction, hotel, restaurant and business details;
• Event dates, times, locations and schedules;
• Transport information, routes and timetables;
• Travel advice;
• Accommodation information;
• Promotional offers, discounts and availability;
• Product or service availability;
• Contact details, ownership, facilities and accessibility information.

You should independently verify important information before relying on it, travelling, making a booking, purchasing tickets, entering into a transaction, attending an event or making any decision based on our content.

6. Third-party information

Some content published by You Platforms may be based wholly or partly on information supplied by third parties.

Third parties may include advertisers, agencies, businesses, venues, restaurants, attractions, event organisers, tourism organisations, transport operators, public bodies, local authorities, users, contributors and commercial partners.

We do not independently verify all third-party information and we do not guarantee that such information is accurate, complete, current or reliable.

We accept no responsibility for errors, omissions, inaccuracies, changes, misrepresentations or out-of-date information supplied by third parties.

7. Sponsored, partner and advertiser content

Sponsored, promoted, partner, advertising and commercial content may contain information supplied by advertisers, agencies, public bodies, tourism organisations, destinations, venues or other partners.

While reasonable editorial checks may be undertaken, You Platforms does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, continued validity or availability of information supplied by third parties.

Any contractual relationship arising from goods, services, offers, competitions, bookings, purchases or transactions promoted within such content exists solely between the user and the relevant third party.

You Platforms is not responsible for the acts, omissions, products, services, availability, pricing, representations, failures or performance of any advertiser, partner or third party.

8. Reliance on content

Our content is provided for general information, inspiration, marketing and entertainment purposes only.

Nothing published by You Platforms constitutes professional, legal, financial, medical, investment, safety, travel or other specialist advice.

Any reliance you place on our content is entirely at your own risk.

We shall not be liable for any loss, damage, cost, expense or liability arising from:

• Reliance on information published by us;
• Information that is incorrect, incomplete, out of date or has changed;
• Travel arrangements;
• Event attendance or missed events;
• Ticket purchases;
• Restaurant, venue, hotel or attraction visits;
• Bookings, cancellations or availability issues;
• Purchases or transactions with third parties;
• Business, commercial or advertising decisions;
• Missed opportunities, expected outcomes or disappointment.

9. User generated content

Where you submit comments, competition entries, photographs, video, testimonials, reviews, suggestions, editorial contributions or other material to us, you confirm that you have the right to do so.

You warrant that your submitted content:

• Is accurate to the best of your knowledge;
• Does not infringe any third-party rights;
• Is not defamatory, unlawful, misleading, abusive or discriminatory;
• Does not contain malicious code or harmful material;
• Complies with applicable law and regulation.

You grant You Platforms a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable and non-exclusive licence to publish, reproduce, edit, adapt, distribute, promote, archive and otherwise use such content in any media format.

We may remove, edit, moderate or decline to publish user generated content at our discretion.

10. Competitions, promotions and offers

Competitions, giveaways, prize draws, promotions and offers may be subject to additional terms and conditions.

Where specific competition, promotion or offer terms exist, those terms shall apply in addition to these terms. If there is any conflict, the specific terms shall take precedence.

Prizes, offers and promotions may be supplied by third parties. You Platforms is not responsible for third-party prize fulfilment, product quality, availability, delivery, substitutions, cancellations or changes, except where required by law.

11. External links

Our websites may contain links to third-party websites, services, booking platforms, ticketing websites, advertisers, partners and social media platforms.

We do not control, endorse or accept responsibility for third-party websites, content, products, services, terms, privacy practices, availability or security.

You access third-party websites at your own risk.

12. Website availability and technical issues

We do not guarantee that our websites, newsletters, social media channels, forms, services or content will be available continuously or without interruption.

We may modify, suspend, withdraw, restrict or discontinue any website, service, feature or content without notice.

We are not responsible for loss, damage, cost or expense caused by technical failures, downtime, cyber incidents, internet disruption, data loss, corrupted content, broken links, unavailable pages, third-party platform failures or events outside our reasonable control.

13. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, You Platforms, its directors, officers, employees, contractors, contributors, agents and associated companies shall not be liable for any:

• Indirect loss;
• Consequential loss;
• Incidental loss;
• Special damages;
• Economic loss;
• Loss of profit;
• Loss of revenue;
• Loss of business opportunity;
• Loss of contracts;
• Loss of goodwill;
• Loss of anticipated savings;
• Loss of data;
• Reputational damage;
• Costs, expenses or damages arising from inaccurate, incomplete, changed or out-of-date information.

This exclusion applies whether arising in contract, tort, negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise, even if such loss was foreseeable.

Where liability cannot be excluded by law, our total aggregate liability shall be limited to the amount paid by you to You Platforms during the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation or any liability that cannot legally be excluded under English law.

14. User indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless You Platforms, its directors, employees, contractors, agents and associated companies from and against any claims, actions, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal costs, arising out of:

• Your use of our websites, content or services;
• Your breach of these terms;
• Your submission of content to us;
• Your infringement of intellectual property rights;
• Your breach of applicable law or regulation;
• Your misuse of our content, systems, brands or services.

15. Linking to our websites

You may link to our websites provided that the link is fair, lawful and does not damage our reputation or suggest endorsement, approval, partnership or association where none exists.

You must not frame, mirror, embed, scrape or reproduce our websites or substantial parts of our content without prior written permission.

We reserve the right to request removal of any link to our websites.

16. Privacy and cookies

Our collection and processing of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

Where you submit personal information through our websites, forms, competitions, newsletters or social channels, you should read our Privacy Policy to understand how your information is used.

17. Breaches of these terms

If we reasonably believe that you have breached these terms, we may take action including:

• Restricting, suspending or blocking access to our websites or services;
• Blocking IP addresses, users, domains or automated systems;
• Removing content;
• Issuing takedown notices;
• Issuing invoices for unauthorised use;
• Taking legal action;
• Reporting unlawful activity to relevant authorities.

18. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time.

Any changes will apply from the date the updated terms are published on our website.

You should check this page regularly to ensure you understand the terms that apply when using our websites and content.

19. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

Any dispute arising from these terms, our websites, our content or our services shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

20. Contact

For copyright enquiries, licensing requests, legal notices or questions about these terms, please contact:

You Platforms
Park House
Park Square West
Leeds
LS1 2PW

Email: hello@youplatforms.com

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