Please read the following terms and conditions of service carefully ("Terms"). 

By accessing www.backpackbuddies.co.uk (the "Site"), you are indicating your agreement to be bound by these Terms.

"www.backpackbuddies.co.uk", ("we" or "us") will provide you with access to the Site. Access to the Site is free. Some other services provided by us may not be free. If this is the case, we will inform you before you subscribe to the other services that they are not free and make sure that it is clear what the charges are.

The content on the Site is only for your general information and use and is not intended to address your particular requirements.

Information has been sourced by various means, including submission by third parties. Because of the wide variety of information displayed on the Site, we cannot verify whether it is accurate or up to date and we cannot endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content, advertisements or third party sites and content contained on, distributed through or linked, downloaded or accessed from the Site, nor the quality of any products, information or other materials displayed, purchased or obtained by you as a result of an advertisement or any other information or offer on or in connection with the site.

The content of the Site does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation or arrangement by us and is not intended to be relied upon by you in making (or refraining from making) any specific decisions. We shall not be held liable by you or any others for any decision made or action taken by you or others based upon reliance on or use of information or materials obtained or accessed through use of the Site.

Any arrangements made between you and any third party named on this site are at your sole risk and responsibility.

The Site contains links to other websites which are not under the control of and are not maintained by us. These links are provided for your convenience only and we are not responsible for the contents or security of those sites.

We make no promise that our Service will be uninterrupted or error free.

Your access to the Service may be occasionally restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to restore the Service as soon as it reasonably can.

Because of the nature of the Internet, the Site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We are not responsible to you if we are unable to provide our Service for any reason beyond our control.

You must not use the Service in a way which causes or is likely to cause the Service provided by us to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way.

You understand that you, and not us, are responsible for all messages received by or sent from your computer to the bulletin boards and you must use the bulletin boards and the Service for lawful purposes only.

You must not use the discussion or suggestion areas or the Service for any of the following:

• for fraudulent purposes or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful activity;
• to send, use or reuse any material which is offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing, or in breach of copyright, trademark, confidence, privacy or any other rights;
• to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

 We will not be responsible for corruption of data or destruction of data or any other loss resulting from the use of the Site.

All rights in the designs and information in our Site or distributed by us via e-mail, fax, mobile phone, handheld computer or other device are owned by us. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, republish, display, post or transmit any part of this Site without our permission.

If you are required to provide information for registration purposes, you must ensure that this information is correct and complete.

We will respect your personal information and will comply with all applicable UK data protection legislation currently in force.

We will use your personal information which you provide to us and the records of your visits to constantly monitor and improve our Service to you and for marketing purposes in accordance with these terms and conditions.  You are encouraged to visit www.data protection.gov.uk in order to check your rights.

We reserve the right to alter or withdraw our Service, to refuse our Service to any customer and to change the Service or these Terms at any time by posting notice of the changes on this page of the Site at any time. If you use the Site after we have posted notice of the changes you will be bound by the new terms. You should therefore ensure that you read the amended terms. The Terms may also be extended to include other conditions applicable to specific products or services offered by us from time to time.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any disputes will be decided only by the courts of England and Wales.

PRIVACY POLICY

If you register with our Site, we will collect your name and e-mail address. We may also monitor customer traffic patterns and Site use which enables us to improve the Service we provide.

We will use the information provided by you to promote a more personal Service. We are required by the Data Protection Act 1984 and 1998 to follow strict procedures to protect customer information.  If some of our computer systems are based outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"), it will be necessary to pass on some of your personal data outside of the EEA. By agreeing to the terms and conditions you accept that such transfers will take place.  

We may use this information to tell you about changes to our site and let you know about our Service and those products and services of other companies we work with. If you do not wish to receive this information you may email us and we will remove your details.

We may pass the information we collect about you to other carefully selected companies whose products and services we think may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to do this please notify us specifying your e-mail address.