Ts and Cs
Welcome to Lolasland.com, an interactive world for girls. The site is based on the character, Lola Love, created by teen magazine writer Lisa Clark.
Lolasland.com (the "Website") is owned by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd ("HarperCollins") and may be accessed through the Internet. By using the Website you accept and agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions of Service, which constitute a legally binding agreement for your use of the Website. If you do not agree to be bound by all of the following terms please do not access, use and/or contribute to the Website.
Changes to service
HarperCollins may change these terms from time to time and so you should check these terms regularly. Your continued use of the Website will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should cease using this Website.
Eligibility
By using the Website you represent and warrant that (a) all registration information you submit is truthful and accurate; (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information; (c) you are 16 years of age or older or you have parental consent; and your use of the Website does not violate any applicable law.
If you are under 16 years of age please get a parent's or guardian's permission before using the Website. We advise that you should never reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example, school, telephone number, your full name, home address or email address).
Password
When you sign up to the Website, you will be asked to choose a password. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another user of the Website at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorized us of your account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your account. ]
Intellectual property
All copyright, trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights (registered and unregistered) in and on the Website and all content (including all applications) located on the site shall remain vested in HarperCollins or its licensors (which includes other users). You may not copy, reproduce, republish, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, download, post, broadcast, transmit, make available to the public, or otherwise use HarperCollins content in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use. You also agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any HarperCollins content except for your own personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of HarperCollins content requires the prior written permission of HarperCollins.
The names, images and logos identifying HarperCollins or third parties and their products and services are subject to copyright, design rights and trade marks of HarperCollins and/or third parties. Nothing contained in these terms shall be construed as conferring any licence or right to use any trade mark, design right or copyright of HarperCollins or any other third party.
Member conduct and appropriate content
Please choose carefully the information you post on the Website. You may not post the following items: telephone numbers, street addresses and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, violent, harassing, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition information provided by other users may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, and we assume no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of any misuse of the Website please contact us.
We reserve the right to reject, refuse to post or remove any posting by you, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or part of the Website at any time without notice.
If a comment you make on the site, either on your friends notebook or on an article, is reported as inappropriate by another user it will become invisible to all but the moderators who will then revise it and take action within 66 hours. If the message is deemed acceptable it will be made visible again, if moderators decide it is inappropriate it will deleted from the site but will remain in our database indefinitely. We will send out warning emails but reserve the right to terminate your account if inappropriate comments are made repeatedly.
Conditions of use
The Website is for personal use only and may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavours. Unlawful and/or unauthorized use of the Website, including collecting usernames or email addresses of other members by electronic or other means is prohibited. Commercial adverts, affiliate links, and other forms of solicitation may be removed without notice and may result in termination of any privileges. Appropriate legal action will be taken for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
Ownership of content on the website
We do not claim any right of ownership in the text, files, images, photos, or any other material that you post on the Website (‘Content’). After posting your content on the Website you will continue to retain all your intellectual property ownership rights in such Content and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose.
By posting any Content on the Website you hereby grant to us a license to use, modify, publicly display, reproduce and distribute such Content on the Website (including modifying or adapting it for operational and editorial reasons).
The license you grant us is non-exclusive which means you are free to license your Content to any one else.
In order that HarperCollins can use your Content, you confirm that it is an original work, is not defamatory and dos not infringe any UK laws that you have the right to give HarperCollins permission to use it for the purposes specified above, and that you have the consent of anyone who is identifiable in your contribution or the consent of their parent / guardian if they are under 16.
You will not be paid anything as a result of posting your Content on the Website. We will normally show your name with your Content unless you request otherwise but HarperCollins will nevertheless require identification details for the purposes of administrative or verification purposes.
Privacy
We take your privacy very seriously and collection and use of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy.
Termination
This agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website. You may terminate this agreement by contacting us and letting us know that you would like your account to be deleted. Please include an email address and your user name. We may terminate your use of the Website at any time without warning and for any reason. Even after termination the disclaimers, indemnities, limitations of liability and general provisions of this agreement will remain in effect.
HarperCollins may also, at its sole discretion and at any time discontinue your use of the Website temporarily or permanently and without notice.
Disclaimers and limitation of liability
HarperCollins shall not be responsible for any connection or access to the Website by you or the quality of the transmission passing between you and the Website. You will be responsible for providing your own communications equipment to access the Website via the internet or WAP service and the charges thereon.
Much of the content posted on the Website is created by members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of HarperCollins. HarperCollins are not responsible for any content posted by members of the public on the Website or for the availability or content of any third party sites that are accessible through the Website. Any links to third party websites from the Website do not amount to any endorsement of that site by HarperCollins and any use of that site by you is at your own risk.
HarperCollins content, including the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to HarperCollins, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis. To the extent permitted by law, HarperCollins excludes all representations and warranties (whether express or implied by law), including the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. HarperCollins does not guarantee the timeliness, completeness or performance of the Website or any of the content. While we try to ensure that all content provided by HarperCollins is correct at the time of publication no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of HarperCollins for any errors, omissions or inaccurate content on the Website.
Nothing in these terms limits or excludes HarperCollins’ liability for death or personal injury caused by its proven negligence. Subject to the previous sentence, HarperCollins shall not be liable for any of the following losses or damage (whether such damage or losses were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise): (a) loss of data; (b) loss of revenue or anticipated profits; (c) loss of business; (d) loss of opportunity; (e) loss of goodwill or injury to reputation; (f) losses suffered by third parties; or (g) any indirect, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of the Website regardless of the form of action.
HarperCollins does not warrant that functions available on the Website will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy your particular requirements for the accuracy of data input and output.
You agree that your use of the Website is entirely at your own risk.
General
If any of these terms are determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and HarperCollins regarding the use of the Website.
The failure or delay of HarperCollins to exercise or enforce any right in these terms does not waive HarperCollins's right to enforce that right.
These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes.
(22 Feb 2008)
Competition terms and conditions
Please ask a parent or guardian to read through these terms and conditions before entering the competition.
1. No purchase necessary.
2. To enter this competition you must be/have:
a) under 18 years old as of 10/04/08
b) a resident of UK or Eire
c) the consent of a parent or guardian
3. Only one entry per person allowed.
4. To be eligible, entries must be received on or before the closing date of 22/05/08.
5. No responsibility can be accepted for entries that are lost or delayed, or incorrectly filled in.
6. The instructions for entry contained in the adverts publicizing this competition form part of the competition rules.
7. Any personal information (entrant’s name, age and email address) will be used solely in connection with this competition, and in association with this website, and will not be disclosed to any third party, except for the purpose of fulfilling the prize where applicable.
8. If you have asked us not to contact you again we will destroy your data after this competition has ended and the winner has been contacted.
9. The winners will be selected at random on 29/05/08. If a winner cannot be contacted or does not respond by 29/06/08 we therefore will reserve the right to contact another entrant.
10. One winner will win the Pink Prize Bundle as advertised on the site.
11. This prize is not exchangeable from cash or any other prize. However, if the prize is not available the promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.
12. You can find out who won by sending a stamped address envelope to Think Pink Win Big, lolasland.com, c/o HarperCollins Children’s Books, Marketing Dept, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8JB
13. This competition is not open to employees of HarperCollins Publishers or their immediate families.
14. By entering the competition, entrants consent to the use of their names, city of residence, photograph and/or image for publicity purposes in all media carried out by HarperCollins Publishers, without payment or compensation.
15. Entry to the competition is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions. By entering this competition you are deemed to have read and accepted these terms.
16. HarperCollins has organised this prize draw in good faith and does not accept liability relating to the prize.
17. This competition is being run by HarperCollins Publishers.