Terms & Conditions

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United Kingdom

• Emergency Services: 999
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European Union

• Emergency Services: 112 (available in all EU countries)
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• Emergency Services: 911
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Terms & Conditions for Collaborators

Introduction

These terms govern the collaboration between any individual or entity (referred to as "Collaborators") and MFNetwork LTD for the creation and publication of content on our Service.

MFNetwork LTD Rights

MFNetwork LTD maintains absolute discretion in selecting Collaborators for participation in content creation. Collaborators represent and warrant that all content submitted to MFNetwork LTD is accurate, truthful, and does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party.

By accessing the Service or participating in content creation, Collaborators grant MFNetwork LTD:

• A perpetual, unconditional, irrevocable copyright license to the content.
• Consent for any information or content shared through the Service to be processed and analyzed by MFNetwork LTD in accordance with this Agreement and MFNetwork LTD's Privacy Policy.
  
  

Non-Partnership

Collaborators acknowledge and agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship arises between them and MFNetwork LTD as a result of this Agreement or their use of the Service.

Collaborator’s Obligations

Collaborators are prohibited from using the Service or its content for commercial purposes without explicit consent from MFNetwork LTD. Automated systems or software for data extraction from the Service are strictly prohibited.

Collaborators are solely responsible for any breach of these terms and the consequences thereof. They must refrain from posting unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, or infringing content and from disrupting the Service's operation or attempting unauthorized access to user accounts or computer systems.

Entire Agreement

These provisions regarding content creation constitute the entire agreement between MFNetwork LTD and Collaborators, superseding all prior discussions or agreements, whether written or oral.

This Agreement may only be amended in writing, signed by MFNetwork LTD with explicit reference to this section.

We have divided these terms and conditions into terms specifically for Collaborators and provisions for all users. Unless the terms for collaborators deals explicitly with a matter, then the provisions for all users will apply to Collaborators under this Agreement.

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For Collaborators

Little Brighouse creates all content on our Service. However, on the occasions when we collaborate to create content for our channels or pages, it shall be made and published under the following terms.

Collaborators in this clause mean any person that collaborates with MFNetwork through or by any means of communication or technology online or offline.

The Collaborator acknowledges and understands that it shall be sufficient to refer to these terms and conditions in any agreement concerning content creation for the Service for this clause to be binding.

1. Introduction

The following MFNetwork collaborator terms apply to any person that accesses or uses our Service to collaborate with MFNetwork in producing content for our Service. The previous sentence includes any person or organization that creates for or publishes content to our Service whether individually, collectively or as joint authorship with MFNetwork or Little Brighouse (Collaborator).

2. MFNetwork Rights

MFNetwork shall have absolute discretion as to whether or not it accepts a Collaborator for participation creating content for our Service. Collaborators represent and warrant that all content submitted to MFNetwork shall be true, accurate and complete and does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Collaborators acknowledge that by accessing the Service or participating in creating content, it grants MFNetwork the following:

• a perpetual, unconditional, irrevocable copyright license to the content and consents to any information or content shared through the Service to be processed and analysed by MFNetwork according to this Agreement and MFNetwork’s Privacy Policy.
  
  

3. Non-Partnership

Collaborator agrees that there is no joint venture, partnership, employment, or an agency relationship between Collaborator and MFNetwork as a result of this Agreement or use of the Service.

​4. Collaborator’s Obligations

4.1. Collaborator’s Use and Access

Collaborator is not permitted to use any of the Service or their content other than for non-commercial purposes.

4.1.1. Collaborator agrees not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Service of MFNetwork without MFNetwork’s written consent.

4.1.2. Use of any automated system or software, whether operated by a third party or otherwise, to extract data from the Service (such as screen scraping, crawling, reproducing, duplicating, copying, selling, trading or reselling) is prohibited.

4.1.3. Collaborator agrees that it is solely responsible for (and that MFNetwork has no responsibility or liability to it or any third party for) any breach of MFNetwork’s obligations under these Terms and for any consequences (including any loss or damage which MFNetwork may suffer) of any such breach.

4.1.4. Collaborator agrees not to access or use the Service in an unlawful way or for an illegitimate or illegal purpose or in any manner that contravenes these terms.

4.1.5. Collaborator shall not post, use, store or transmit (i) a message or information under a false name; (ii) information that is unlawful, libellous, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, predatory of minors, harassing, threatening or hateful to any person or is detrimental or disparaging either directly or indirectly to MFNetwork; or (iii) information that infringes or violates any of the intellectual property rights of others or the privacy or publicity rights of others.

4.1.6. Collaborator shall not attempt to disrupt the operation of the Service by any method, including through the use of viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, denial of service attacks, flooding or spamming.

4.1.7. Collaborator shall not use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable or impair the Service.

4.1.8. Collaborator shall not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any user accounts or computer systems or networks, through hacking, password mining or any other means.

4.1.9. Collaborator shall not use any robot, scraper or other means to access the Service for any purpose.

4.2. Entire Agreement

The provisions of this clause on content creation by Collaborators constitutes the entire agreement between the MFNetwork and Collaborators and supersedes and extinguishes all discussions, correspondence, negotiations, drafts, agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.

4.3 Amendment

Clause 4.2 shall not be controlled or varied except in writing signed by MFNetwork with specific reference to clause 4.2 of this Agreement.

For All Users

1. Introduction

The following terms and conditions apply to all Users of the Service. For purposes of this Section B of the MFNetwork Terms and Conditions, all references to “you” or “your” shall mean you, the individual or organisation accessing this Service in any capacity.

2. Our Content, Ownership and Sharing

2.1.  The material and content accessible from this Service (the “Content”) is the proprietary information of MFNetwork or the party that provided or licensed the Content to MFNetwork whereby such providing party retains all right, title, and interest in the content. Accordingly, the content may not be copied, distributed, republished, uploaded, posted, or transmitted in any way without the prior written consent of MFNetwork.

 

2.2.  Except that you may print out a copy of the content solely for your personal use, and you may re-post images and text from any articles if such posting provides a right of attribution to MFNetwork, and promotes the article on other Services, including social media Services. In doing so, you may not remove or alter, or cause to be removed or altered, any copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark, or any other proprietary notice appearing on any of the content.

2.3.  Modification or use of the content except as expressly provided in these Terms violates our intellectual property rights. Neither title nor intellectual property rights are transferred to you by access to this Service.

2.4.  From time to time, the Service will use various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of our intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to the Service.

3.Use of Mobile Apps

3.1.  While not available at this time, we may also provide an App to access our Services or aspects of our Services:

3.2.  If we provide an App, these Terms apply to the use of any App and the Service through the App.

3.3.  These Terms control over any terms which may be imposed by either iOS or the Android platform and any other application distribution platform for the use of the App and the Service through an App.

3.4.  Anywhere in the Terms where the word Service is used shall also include the word App and vice versa.

3.5.  Users’ use of any App will terminate at the same time as the use of the Services to which the App relates.

4.Acceptable Use

4.1  You may use Service subject to the following conditions:

You warrant to us that you will not use it for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and any subsequent notices. For example, you may not (and may not authorise any party to)

(i) co-brand this Service, or 

(ii) frame this Service, or 

(iii) download any content from this Service (other than as provided by these terms) without the express prior written permission of an authorised representative of MFNetwork LTD. 

4.2.  For purposes of these Terms, co-branding means to display a name, logo, trademark, or other means of attribution or identification of any party in such a manner as is reasonably likely to give a user the impression that such other party has the right to display, publish, or distribute this Service or content accessible within this Service.

4.3.  You agree to cooperate with MFNetwork to prevent or remedy any unauthorised use. Also, you may not use the Service in any manner which could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Service or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Service. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials, content, or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Service.

5.Limitations

5.1.  This Service is a mental health education content provider that publishes content via branded channels and pages on online content sharing platforms.

5.2.  The Service is for personal and non-commercial use unless otherwise specified. You may not use this Service for any other purpose, including any commercial purpose, without MFNetwork’s express prior written consent.

5.3.  You may not modify, copy, distribute, display, send, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, content, software, products or services obtained from or otherwise connected to the Service unless expressly permitted by these terms.

6.Updates

6.1. We reserve the right to change these Terms from time to time. If it’s a minor change such as changes in the law or our arrangements with third parties then, we will show the current version of the terms on the Service at the bottom of these Terms.

6.2. Users are responsible for checking the version and date on which the terms were last modified. If there is a fundamental change that significantly alters the Services, we will not notify Users by posting a notice on the Service. Where changes impact your privacy, we process notices following our Privacy Policy.

7.Links to other Services

7.1.  This Service may link to other Services which are not maintained by, or related to, MFNetwork. You represent and warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by all applicable Terms of Use and policies for any third-party Services.

7.2. Links to such Services are provided as a service to Users and are not sponsored by or affiliated with this Service or MFNetwork. MFNetwork has not reviewed any or all of such Services and is not responsible for the content of those Services.

7.3.  Links are to be accessed at the User’s own risk, and MFNetwork makes no representations or warranties about the content, completeness or accuracy of the Services linked to or from this Service. 

7.4.  You expressly hold MFNetwork harmless from any and all liability related to your use of a third-party service. MFNetwork provides links as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link to a third-party service does not imply endorsement by MFNetwork of that Service or association with its controllers.

8. Use of our communication services

8.1.  Our Service contains may contain comment boxes, forums, bulletin board services, chat areas, message boards, newsgroups, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to allow you to communicate with other Users (collectively, “Communications Services”).

8.2. You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and content that are related to mental health education.

8.3.  When using the Communication Services, you agree that you will not post, send, submit, publish, or transmit in connection with this Service any material that:

You do not have the right to post, including proprietary material of any third party, such as files containing software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity);

• Advocates illegal activity or discusses an intent to commit an illegal act;
• Is vulgar, obscene, pornographic, or indecent;
• Does not pertain directly to the purposes of this Service;
• Threatens or abuses others, libels, defames, invades privacy, stalks, is obscene, pornographic, racist, abusive, harassing, threatening or offensive;
• Seeks to exploit or harm children by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable details or otherwise;
• Harvests or otherwise collects information about others, including email addresses, without their consent;
• Violates any law or may be considered to violate any law;
• Impersonates or misrepresents your connection to any other entity or person or otherwise manipulates headers or identifiers to disguise the origin of the content;
• Falsifies or deletes any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is permissibly uploaded;
• Advertises any commercial endeavour  (e.g.,  offering  for  sale  products  or  services)  or otherwise engages in any commercial activity (e.g., conducting raffles or contests, displaying sponsorship banners, and/or soliciting goods or services) except as may be specifically authorised on this Service;
• Solicits funds, advertisers or sponsors;
• Includes programs that contain viruses, worms and/or Trojan horses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications;
• Disrupts the normal flow of dialogue, causes a screen to scroll faster than other users can type, or otherwise act in a way which affects the ability of other people to engage in real-time activities via this Service;
• Amounts to a pyramid or other like scheme, including contests, chain letters, and surveys;
• Disobeys any policy or regulations including any code of conduct or other guidelines, established from time to time regarding use of this Service or any networks connected to this Service; or
• Contains hyper-links to other Services that contain content that falls within the descriptions set forth above.

8.4.  MFNetwork reserves the right to monitor the use of this Service to determine compliance with these Terms.

8.5.  MFNetwork reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.

8.6. MFNetwork also reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion. Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limits on use, reproduction and/or dissemination and you are responsible for abiding by such limitations concerning your submissions, including any downloaded materials.

8.7. Notwithstanding these rights, you remain solely responsible for the content of your submissions. You acknowledge and agree that neither MFNetwork nor any third party that provides Content to MFNetwork will assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by MFNetwork or such third party for any submission. MFNetwork cautions you against giving out any personally identifying information about yourself in any Communication Service. MFNetwork does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, consequently, MFNetwork expressly disclaims any liability concerning the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Employees or agents of MFNetwork such as social media influencers are not necessarily authorised MFNetwork spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of MFNetwork.

9.Your Content or Communications

9.1. Unless you and MFNetwork enter into a separate written contract for the use of your content that states otherwise, you hereby grant to MFNetwork the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display all content, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics, or other information communicated to MFNetwork through this Service (together, the “Your Content”), and to incorporate any of Your Content in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed.

9.2. MFNetwork will not be required to treat any of Your Content as confidential unless required to do so under privacy and data protection laws, and may use any of Your Content in its business (including without limitation, for products or advertising) without incurring any liability for royalties or any other consideration of any kind, and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future MFNetwork operations.

9.3. MFNetwork will treat any personal information that you submit through this Service following its Privacy Policy

10.Disclaimer

10.1.  The Service was developed strictly for information purposes.

10.2.  You understand that MFNetwork cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the Internet will be free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that may manifest contaminating or destructive properties. 

10.3. The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any representations or warranties, expressed or implied. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to this Service for any reconstruction of any lost data. MFNetwork does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of the Internet.

10.4 Your use of this service is at your own risk. The content is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied. 

MFNetwork disclaims all warranties, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement.

MFNetwork does not warrant that the functions or content contained in this service will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this service or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.

MFNetwork does not warrant or make any representation regarding the use, or the result of use, of the content in terms of accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. The content may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, and MFNetwork may make changes or improvements at any time.

You, and not MFNetwork, assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction in the event of any loss or damage arising from the use of this service or its content.

MFNetwork makes no warranties that your use of the content will not infringe the rights of others and assumes no liability or responsibility for errors or omissions in such content.

10.5.  All of the information in this Service, whether historical or in future is valid only as of the date information is posted on this Service, and MFNetwork does not undertake any obligation to update such information after it is posted or to remove such information from this Service if it is not, or is no longer accurate or complete.

11.Limitation of Liability

Except for death or personal injury caused by negligence under Section 2(1) of UCTA 1977, MFNetwork will not be liable for any incidental, direct, indirect, punitive, actual, consequential, special, exemplary, or other damages, including loss of revenue or income, pain and suffering, emotional distress, or similar damages, even if MFNetwork has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

12.Termination or suspension of access

MFNetwork reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Service and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

​13.Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold MFNetwork, its subsidiaries, affiliates, licensors, content providers, service providers, employees, agents, officers, directors, and contractors (the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from any breach of these Terms by you, including any use of the content other than as expressly authorised in these Terms. You agree that the Indemnified Parties will have no liability in connection with any such breach or unauthorised use, and you agree to indemnify any, and all resulting loss, damages, judgments, awards, costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees of the Indemnified Parties in connection therewith. You will also indemnify and hold the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any claims brought by third parties arising out of your use of the information accessed from this Service.

14.Intellectual Property

All of the content available on or through the Service is the property of MFNetwork or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property law. You agree not to reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast,   or circulate the content received through the Service to any third party. All software and accompanying documentation made available for download from the Service is the copyrighted work of MFNetwork or its licensors. Any copy made of information obtained through the Service must include all applicable copyright notices.

14.1.   “MFNetwork” is a trademark and a copyrighted term. All rights reserved. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, MFNetwork hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use the content and documentation on and in the Service to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to access and use the Service.

14.2.  The license granted herein does not permit you to, and you agree not to: (i) modify, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or create derivative works of the Service or allow a third party,  whether directly or indirectly (including, but not limited to the direct or indirect use of wizards, agents, bots, or other utilities),o modify, translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or create derivative works of the Service; or (ii) transfer, distribute, sell, lease, rent, disclose or provide access to the Service to any third party or use the Service to provide service bureau, time-sharing or other services to third parties.

14.3.  All contents of this Service are Copyright © MFNetwork. All rights reserved.

15. Third-Party Unlawful Material​Notice and Takedown Procedure

15.1.  Third-Party unlawful material includes but is not limited to defamatory or disparaging or copyright material. MFNetwork expeditiously responds to valid notices to remove unlawful material of copyright infringement. We aim to remove unlawful material within 48 hours of being notified.

15.2.  Suppose you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that there is defamatory material on the Service about you. In that case, you may provide MFNetwork authorised representative (listed below) with a notice requesting the takedown of the material via email).

15.3.  Upon receipt of a valid notice, MFNetwork will remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing material as well as contact the owner or administrator of the affected content. That will be the end of MFNetwork’s involvement as we do not get involved in disputes between Users and third parties.

A valid notice will be an email consisting of the following:

1. Your full name, address, email address and electronic or physical signature. We will require a power of attorney if you are represented by someone other than a solicitor.
2. A detailed description including a URL link and screenshot of the copyrighted work or defamatory material that you are complaining about. 
3. Your address, telephone number, and email address.
4. A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the material is unlawful, providing reasons.
5. A statement by you, that you are the copyright owner or the person the unlawful material relates to or you are authorised to act on the person’s behalf.

Be aware that a notice must contain all five points for us to take action. All other notices will be ignored. Our email address for reporting unlawful content is complaints@MFNetwork.org.uk

16.Security

16.1. Any passwords used for this Service are for individual use only. You will be responsible for the security of your password (if any). MFNetwork will be entitled to monitor your password and,  at its discretion, require you to change it. If you use a password that MFNetwork considers insecure, we will be entitled to require the password to be changed or terminate your account.

16.2. You are prohibited from using any services or facilities provided in connection with this Service to compromise security or tamper with system resources and/or accounts. The use or distribution of tools designed for compromising security (e.g., password guessing programs, cracking tools or network probing tools) is strictly prohibited. If you become involved in any violation of system security, MFNetwork reserves the right to release your details to system administrators at other Services to assist them in resolving security incidents.

16.3.  MFNetwork reserves the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing MFNetwork to disclose the identity of anyone posting any email messages, or publishing or otherwise making available any materials that are believed to violate these Terms. By accepting this agreement, you waive and hold harmless MFNetwork from any claims resulting from any action taken by MFNetwork during or as a result of its investigations and/or from any actions taken as a consequence of investigations by either MFNetwork or law enforcement authorities.

17.Miscellaneous

17.1.  These Terms will be governed and interpreted according to English Law. You specifically consent to the jurisdiction of England in connection with any dispute between you and MFNetwork arising out of these Terms and use of the Service. The parties to these Terms each agree that the exclusive venue for any dispute between the parties arising out of these Terms will be in the English Courts.

17.2.  If any part of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that part will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

17.3.  You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and MFNetwork as a result of this Agreement or use of the Service.

17.4.  Except for the specific Collaborators terms, these Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to this subject matter. They shall supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written between the Users and MFNetwork concerning the Service.

17.5.  Notwithstanding the preceding, any additional terms and conditions on this Service will govern the Category to which they pertain.

17.6.  MFNetwork may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is essential to us. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our privacy policy.