These Terms and Conditions apply when you access our website to use WeddingsandLifestyle.com ("WeddingsandLifestyle") services. Before proceeding to use our services, you should read the Terms and Conditions carefully. If you find yourself unable to agree to them, then you must not use our website. If, however, you agree to them unconditionally you will be given the opportunity to click the "I accept" checkbox during the registration process, and you will then be able to use our website to which these Terms and Conditions apply.
WeddingsandLifestyle may amend these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting the amended Terms and Conditions on our web site ("the Site") and announcing such changes in the site forum.
Except as stated below, all amended Terms and Conditions shall be automatically effective after they are posted on the Site.
1.1 Welcome to weddingsandlifetyle.com, an online wedding and lifestyle portal that provides news, featured articles and online resources for its members. The weddingsandlifetyle.com service is operated by weddingsandlifetyle.com. ("we," "us," or "weddingsandlifetyle.com"). By using the weddingsandlifetyle.com website (the "Website") you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (this "Agreement"). In addition, if you are an individual who wishes to become a weddingsandlifetyle.com Member (a "Member"), communicate with other Members and Suppliers and make use of the weddingsandlifetyle.com service (the "Service"), you must read this Agreement and indicate your acceptance of its terms by following the instructions on the "Sign Up" page and checking the box labeled "I agree to weddingsandlifetyle.com's terms of service."
PLEASE NOTE: This Agreement sets out the legally binding terms of your use of the Website (whether or not you become a Member) and your membership in the Service, if any, and may be modified by us at any time without prior notice. All such modifications will be effective upon posting on the Website and any use by you of the Website or the Service (whether or not you are a Member) after the posting of any such modification will constitute your agreement to that modification. The terms of our Privacy Policy and any notices regarding the Website or the Service sent to you or posted on the Website are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement.
2.1 Our services are available only to individuals who have the capacity to form legally binding contracts under the law applicable to these Terms and Conditions. Membership to the site is classified into Four (4) categories: Bride, Groom, Supplier and Member. Those Registered as Bride or Groom automatically becomes “Member” the day after their registered Wedding Date. If you represent a group or entity and you wish to use the Website and the Service to promote a person, business, product or service register yourself or your group or entity as a "Supplier" and create a "Profile”. You must complete the Supplier Registration Form with your group or company’s Official Email Address as all communications by users and by weddingsandlifestyle.com will be forwarded to the said email account registered.
2.2 The Site is maintained in partnership with WeddingsandLifestyle's hosting service providers. Every effort is made to ensure the continuity of the Site and Services, but some occasional technical downtime beyond our control and/or the control of our hosting service provider may occur. You acknowledge and accept that such downtime may prevent the Site being viewed and may restrict access to your subscription account or the ability to access the Services from time to time.
3.1 There may be third party advertising posted on the Site from time to time which may contain links to third party web sites, frames and portals ("Third Party Sites"). You acknowledge and accept that WeddingsandLifestyle does not exercise any review or editorial control over the content of such third party advertising whatsoever.
3.2 Accordingly, all WeddingsandLifestyle's liability or responsibility for the content of such third party advertising on the Site and any damage it may cause is hereby disclaimed and excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
3.3 Furthermore, WeddingsandLifestyle has not reviewed the content of Third Party Sites. WeddingsandLifestyle is not responsible for the content or availability of these Third Party Sites. If you decide to use any link to a Third Party Site you leave the Site and you do so at your own risk. It is your sole responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements which may exist on those Third Party Sites.
3.4 Links to Third Party Sites in the third party advertising or otherwise on the Site does not imply that:
4.1 WeddingsandLifestyle reserves the right to change the content, presentation, performance, user facilities and availability of any part of the Site at its sole discretion and without notice. It is the member's responsibility to refer to and update itself in relation to any changes made. Any such changes will become effective upon posting by WeddingsandLifestyle.
4.2 WeddingsandLifestyle does not warrant any continuity of connection, transmission over security or results from the use of any network connection or facilities provided or omitted to be provided in connection with the use of the Site.
4.3 Where WeddingsandLifestyle provides hyperlinks to a third party's website, WeddingsandLifestyle shall not take any responsibility for nor does it make any warranties, representations or undertakings about the content of any other web-site which may be referred to or accessed by the hyperlink and WeddingsandLifestyle does not endorse or approve the content of such third parties websites.
4.4 WeddingsandLifestyle makes no warranty as to the continuous availability of the Site, but shall use reasonable endeavours to keep down time to a minimum.
5.1 Overview. The Site acts as a venue for online marketing and products & services providers (referred to as “suppliers”) and general members to interact, share information and opinions, and advertise ("the Services") including but not limited to posting information on the Site via comments, forums and Dedicated Web Pages (see clause 7 below). Although community members may choose to conduct business related communications and transactions through the site, WeddingsandLifestyle is not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, WeddingsandLifestyle have no control over the quality, safety, truth, accuracy or legality of any products, items, vacancies, statements or services posted or offered, nor does WeddingsandLifestyle have any ability whatsoever to warrant or guarantee the integrity of the providers or purchasers of such products, items, vacancies, statements or services. WeddingsandLifestyle cannot ensure that any provider or purchaser will actually complete a transaction.
5.2 Member identities. Because identification and authentication on the Internet is difficult, WeddingsandLifestyle cannot and does not confirm each member's purported identity. WeddingsandLifestyle has established to feature articles with suppliers performance to help you evaluate the quality of any individual's input and WeddingsandLifestyle allows members to give access to information about themselves to other members. If you are in any doubt as to an individual's identity you are encouraged to attempt to communicate directly with that person to further establish their credentials.
5.3 Release. In the event that you have a dispute or issue with one or more of the other members and/or suppliers, you shall release WeddingsandLifestyle (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of any kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
5.4 Information Control. WeddingsandLifestyle is designed to help members obtain online marketing and e-commerce information, advertise details of products and services and to discuss online marketing and e-commerce issues. This information is sometimes provided by our members, many of whom use anonymous User IDs and are people we may have never met. Whilst the quality of material submitted to our Site is generally high, WeddingsandLifestyle does not control the information provided by members, and you may find other member's information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, or deceptive. Please use caution and common sense when using our Site. Please note that there are also risks in dealing with foreign nationals, underage persons or people acting under false pretences including underage persons.
5.5 Furthermore, as you cannot be sure who any contributor really is, you should treat the contributors here in the same way that you would treat anyone you had come across for the first time. You should not rely upon the information you find at the Site but rather, you should use it as a starting point for doing independent research, then decide for yourself the accuracy and merits of the information that has been shared in our Site including on the Dedicated Web Pages section of the Site (see clause 7 below). As such WeddingsandLifestyle cannot guarantee and gives no warranty as to the accuracy, veracity, or completeness of any such information provided.
5.6 The opinions expressed on this Site are those of the contributing individuals. If you act on anything that is said or done you must do so on the basis of a considered decision of your own, having weighed up the pros, cons and risks thereby fully accepting the responsibility for the success or failure of your actions. Under no circumstances shall WeddingsandLifestyle be liable for direct, indirect, or incidental damages resulting from your use of information, commentary, advice or other content on the Site. You agree to indemnify WeddingsandLifestyle against any actions, claims, proceedings, or liabilities arising from your use of the content of the Site.
6.1 "Your Information" is defined as any information you provide to WeddingsandLifestyle or other users during registration, in any public message area, through feedback or any e-mail or form features
6.2 Your Information and conduct (or any items listed therein) shall not:
6.3 To enable WeddingsandLifestyle to use Your Information supplied, such that we are not violating any rights you might have in that information, you agree to grant WeddingsandLifestyle a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence and the right to sub-license (through multiple tiers) to use the copyright, publicity and other intellectual property rights you have in Your Information, in any media now known or not currently known. WeddingsandLifestyle will only use Your Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy to the Site.
6.4 You are responsible for all statements made and acts that occur through the use of your membership and password. Please don't disclose your password to anyone. If your password has been stolen, you must let us know. WeddingsandLifestyle may at any time, and at its sole discretion, terminate your membership without prior notice to you for violating the above provisions.
6.5 While WeddingsandLifestyle cannot review all transmissions by members in the forum and online inquiry, we reserve the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any information transmitted or received through our service. WeddingsandLifestyle, at our sole discretion and without further notice to you, may review, remove, or otherwise block any information (including posts to message boards, forums and Dedicated Web Pages) that we deem inappropriate or that violates any of this agreement.
7.1 "Dedicated Web Pages" are essentially web pages containing information posted by the relevant creator of such web pages. Dedicated Web Pages are managed and edited by suppliers and advertisers’ editors on the Site who are either in-house, freelance or guest editors of the Dedicated Web Pages on the Site ("Independent Editors") and as such Independent Editors are not representatives of WeddingsandLifestyle or its views.
7.2 WeddingsandLifestyle does not control or edit any of the information or views set out by Independent Editors on any Dedicated Web Page on the Site and accordingly WeddingsandLifestyle does not warrant or guarantee the validity, accuracy or reliability for such information or views expressed by Independent Editors on the Site. WeddingsandLifestyle does not endorse or advocate any of the information or views set out on any Dedicated Web Page on the Site which are the views of the Independent Editors and not of WeddingsandLifestyle.
7.3 WeddingsandLifestyle provides an automatic procedure on the Site whereby members can submit inquiries, messages or articles to the Independent Editors for posting to a Dedicated Web Page on the Site. Furthermore, WeddingsandLifestyle provides no warranty or guarantee whatsoever to any third party that any such information or accompanying images used by an Independent Editor on a Dedicated Web Page on the Site are legitimately cleared for publication.
7.4 WeddingsandLifestyle carries out no review nor does it exercise any editorial control over any Dedicated Web Pages posted on the Site. WeddingsandLifestyle does not vet or otherwise filter any submissions made to Independent Editors for inclusion in Dedicated Web Pages on the Site. However, if an Independent Editor uses any story, press release or other material submitted by you for inclusion in a Dedicated Web Page, WeddingsandLifestyle reserves the right to delete it from the Site at WeddingsandLifestyle's sole discretion and WeddingsandLifestyle may refuse to publish any Dedicated Web Page for any reason. Accordingly all WeddingsandLifestyle's liability or responsibility for the content of Dedicated Web Pages on the Site and any damage it may cause is hereby disclaimed and excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law subject that WeddingsandLifestyle's maximum liability for such material shall be strictly limited to removing any material which is reasonably notified in writing to WeddingsandLifestyle as infringing the rights of others or otherwise illegal.
7.5 You acknowledge the risk of intellectual property rights infringement and breach of confidentiality relating to any material you submit to the Independent Editors through the Site for inclusion in a Dedicated Web Page on the Site, You, therefore, warrant and represent that you own all intellectual property rights in such material and that such material shall not:
7.6 You shall fully indemnify WeddingsandLifestyle for any claims or damage (including legal costs) for any of the warranties set out in clause 7.5.
7.7 To enable WeddingsandLifestyle to permit (un-reviewed) publication of the Dedicated Web Pages of the Independent Editors on the Site, such that we are not violating any rights you have in that information or material, you agree to grant WeddingsandLifestyle a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use the copyright, publicity and other intellectual property rights you have in such information and material for solely for the purpose of permitting its (un-reviewed) publication in Independent Editor's Dedicated Web Pages on the Site.
7.8 If WeddingsandLifestyle becomes aware that any material displayed on a Dedicated Web Page on the Site is or may be in breach or probably breach any of the terms and conditions set out above it shall have the right to delete it in accordance with clause 7.4 above. Accordingly, we invite you to report to WeddingsandLifestyle any material on a Dedicated Web Page we you believe may breach the above terms and conditions.
8.1 You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without the prior written consent of WeddingsandLifestyle.
8.2 You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.
8.3 You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site's infrastructure.
8.4 Much of the information on the Site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to WeddingsandLifestyle by our users or third parties. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content (except for Your Information) from the Site without the prior written consent of WeddingsandLifestyle or the appropriate third party, with the exception of downloading or printing a single copy for yourself for offline viewing.
9.1 Without limiting other remedies, WeddingsandLifestyle may immediately issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide the Services to you if:
10.1 By registering, you are agreeing that other members may make statements about your views, opinions or services which you regard as untrue. In any such case, if you contact WeddingsandLifestyle, giving full details, WeddingsandLifestyle will conduct a brief investigation and may remove the offending statement. Whether or not the offending statement is removed you hereby waive any right you might otherwise have against WeddingsandLifestyle in connection with such statements. You accept that WeddingsandLifestyle cannot control such statements and it is not practicable to conduct full, detailed, investigations. For more details on Privacy, please review our Privacy Policy.
11.1 The Site including, without limitation, its contents, functionality, performance and features are provided on an "as available basis" at the member's sole risk and without representations or warranties of any kind and to the full extent permitted by law. WeddingsandLifestyle and other parties involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site expressly exclude all warranties, conditions or terms express or implied, statutory or otherwise including without limitation any warranty as to satisfactory quality or any warranty or commitment that access or use will be uninterrupted or error free.
12.1 Nothing in this agreement is intended to limit or exclude any liability on the part of WeddingsandLifestyle where and to the extent that applicable law prohibits such exclusion or limitation.
12.2 Subject to the above statement and any clauses relating to limitation of liability elsewhere in these terms and conditions, in no event shall WeddingsandLifestyle or its suppliers be liable for any: lost profits; lost sales; lost business; lost opportunity; lost information; lost anticipated savings; or special, indirect or consequential damages (however arising, including as a result of negligence) arising out of or in connection with this agreement including the Site or Services.
12.3 Accordingly, subject to clause 12.1, you agree not to bring a claim of any nature against WeddingsandLifestyle in relation the use of or access to the Site and use or access to the Services, except where such a claim cannot be excluded by law. You acknowledge and agree that WeddingsandLifestyle will have the right (subject to the discretion of the Court) to a stay of proceeding if you bring any claim against WeddingsandLifestyle in breach of the foregoing.
12.4 WeddingsandLifestyle shall not be liable or responsible in any way for any damage caused by any misuse of the Site by you or any third party, or caused by any Service.
12.5 WeddingsandLifestyle shall be free to modify, temporarily suspend or cancel the Services and to reasonably amend these Terms and conditions at any time in writing which amendments will be deemed to be agreed by you upon using the Site and Services. Subject to clause 12.1 above, WeddingsandLifestyle shall not be liable for any damage or expenses incurred by you or any other person as a result of such modification, suspension or cancellation of any game or reasonable amendment to these Terms and Conditions.
12.6 You acknowledge that information, software and other material accessible over the Internet via the Site may contain viruses, worms, Trojan horses, cancelbots, or other harmful and destructive components. WeddingsandLifestyle shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or other loss or damages which result or may result from your access to or use of the Internet, Site or Services.
12.7 WeddingsandLifestyle shall not be liable for orders for purchase of or subscriptions to Services which are made via the Site but are not received by WeddingsandLifestyle for any reason, including but not limited to errors, disruption or downtime of Site which may, owing to corruption of data, lead to such orders/subscriptions being lost or which may lead to orders of/subscriptions to Services being submitted incomplete or with errors in which case such orders of/subscriptions to Services may need to be re-submitted.
13.1 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless WeddingsandLifestyle and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, from and against any claim, demand, liability, cost, damage or lost it may incur, including legal fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
14.1 You shall comply with all applicable laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service.
15.1 You agree that you and WeddingsandLifestyle are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchisor-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.
16.1 All notices required to be served on WeddingsandLifestyle shall be sent to the e-mail address of WeddingsandLifestyle or as otherwise notified on the Site from time to time for such purpose.
17.1 Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or WeddingsandLifestyle's Services shall be settled by an arbitration tribunal designated by WeddingsandLifestyle. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in the Philippines, and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either you or WeddingsandLifestyle.com may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in the Philippines. necessary to protect the rights or property of you or us pending the completion of arbitration.
18.1 You acknowledge that the ownership in any intellectual property rights (including, for the avoidance of doubt, patents, copyright, rights in databases, trade marks and trade names whether registered or unregistered and subsisting anywhere in the World) in the Site belongs to WeddingsandLifestyle or its third party licensors. Accordingly, any part of this Site (or its source HTML or any other code) may not be used, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner other than for the purposes of utilising this Site and the Services, meaning that you may only display it on your computer screen and print it out on your printer for the sole purpose of viewing its content in connection with the Services.
18.2 Subject to the terms and conditions herein, copyright and all other intellectual property rights subsisting in each and every piece of information provided on the Site is owned by WeddingsandLifestyle or the third party providers of such information. You may use information retrieved from the Site only for the purposes of the Services.
18.3 WeddingsandLifestyle reserves the right in accordance with the licence granted under clause 10.3 to license and republish the material contributed by you.
18.4 No person other than the rightful owner or licensee of any copyright and other intellectual property rights may:
18.5 You agree and accept that WeddingsandLifestyle may publish or otherwise distribute Your Information and you therefore grant to WeddingsandLifestyle an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive right and licence to publish Your Information and all content contained therein on or within the Site, on any other media whatsoever and in its own advertising and promotion.
18.6 You therefore hereby undertake to WeddingsandLifestyle to indemnify and hold harmless WeddingsandLifestyle in full and defend at its own expense WeddingsandLifestyle against all claims, liabilities, costs and losses whatsoever and howsoever incurred by WeddingsandLifestyle its servants or nominees arising out of any claim made against it in any jurisdiction in the world for infringement of any intellectual property rights of any third party caused by your use of the Site and your Information.
18.7 WeddingsandLifestyle, WeddingsandLifestyle.com, the WeddingsandLifestyle.com logo and the WeddingsandLifestyle logo are trade names or trade marks of WeddingsandLifestyle, the use of which is expressly forbidden by any other persons without the express permission of WeddingsandLifestyle.
18.8 WeddingsandLifestyle makes no warranty or representation in respect of any other trade mark or trading name, symbol or device, all of which are hereby acknowledged. If you have any questions in relation to the use of any marks contained within the WeddingsandLifestyle Services please contact WeddingsandLifestyle at the address below.
19.1 Contributors and Independent Editors might share messages and information that they have electronically copied from other sources. As there are many thousands of possible sources spread out across the Internet, ranging from newspapers to scientific journals to bulletin boards, it is impossible for WeddingsandLifestyle to know if a posting or other content contribution infringes a third party's intellectual property right and to what degree.
19.2 If you believe that your intellectual property right has been infringed, it is your obligation to notify WeddingsandLifestyle immediately. WeddingsandLifestyle accepts no liability for copyright or trade mark infringement or any other infringement of a third party's intellectual property rights by any of its members though WeddingsandLifestyle will endeavour to protect any rights owner through reasonably appropriate action should any infringement come to light.
20.1 This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of The Philippines as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within Philippines. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
20.2 If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck out of these Terms and Conditions and the remaining provisions shall remain in force. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. WeddingsandLifestyle's failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
20.3 The laws of your country may be different from those of The Philippines in numerous respects. There is no practical way for WeddingsandLifestyle to monitor the laws of every country in detail. Please do not assume that you are allowed to do what other members do. WeddingsandLifestyle.com does not approve or validate transactions, advice or communications, and you accept sole responsibility for the legality of your actions under laws applying to you.
20.4 WeddingsandLifestyle does not accept any obligation to protect you from any unsafe merchandise, products or services that may be offered on the Site. Please do not assume that such items offered will be harmless to people or property.
20.5 These rules are in addition to all others contained in the agreement. You are responsible for checking that your activities are all lawful according to the local laws in your country. If you and any other party are both based in the Philippines and enter into a transaction agreement of any kind through the site then the seller's local law will govern further dealings as to shipment, payment etc. - unless you both explicitly agree otherwise.
20.6 Note however, that your country (and/or that of any member you deal with) may have some laws, which apply regardless of what you agree with us (now) or with that member (later).