Guinness World Records Terms of Use
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a Record Attempt and other notices posted on the Site. If you do not agree to be bound by and
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GWR shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions
of these Terms of Use without notice or liability to you. Any changes to these Terms of Use shall
be effective immediately following the posting of such changes on the Site. You agree to
review these Terms of Use from time to time and agree that any subsequent use by you of the Site
following changes to these Terms of Use shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes. These
Terms of Use were last modified on 22 November 2005.
Restrictions on use of materials
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Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of GWR's
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Privacy Policy
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User Conduct and Obligations
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a. upload, post or otherwise transmit through or to this Site any content that:
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e. collect information about other visitors to our Site without their consent or otherwise systematically extract data or data fields, including without limitation any financial data or e-mail addresses;
f. sell access to or the use of this Site, including any content contained on, downloaded or accessed from this Site;
g. redistribute any content, including, but not limited to, financial data, provided by us in any manner whatsoever including by means of printed publication, fax broadcast, web pages, e-mail, web newsgroups or forums, or any other digital, electronic or paper-based service or method; or
h. intentionally alter the format in which data is provided by us or otherwise circumvent our regular interfaces to such data.
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Indemnification by User
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us and our affiliates, suppliers, business partners, officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from any loss, liability, claim, demand, damage, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising in any way from your use of this Site or any breach of these Terms of Use. We reserve the right to assume, at our expense, the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, which shall not excuse your indemnity obligations. You will use your best efforts to cooperate with us in the defence of any claim.
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General
GWR shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, add or remove any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use without notice or liability to you. GWR reserves the right to deny access to the Site to anyone at any time, and to terminate these Terms of Use at any time without notice in its sole discretion. Upon termination, you must cease all use of the Site and destroy any materials obtained from such Site and all copies thereof. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable in any respect by any court having competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect. No waiver of any provision of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such provision or any other provision of these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers, and other terms contained in this Site; provided that, in the event of any conflict between these Terms of Use and such other terms, the terms of these Terms of Use shall control. These Terms of Use contain the entire agreement between you and GWR with respect to the Site and supersede all prior understandings or agreements with respect to the Site.
You agree that these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions of Undertaking a Record Attempt and other notices posted on this Site have been drawn up in English. Although translations in other languages of any of the foregoing documents may be available, such translations may not be up to date or complete. Accordingly, you agree that in the event of any conflict between the English language version of the foregoing documents and any other translations thereto, the English language version of such documents shall govern.
Any rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us.
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales without regard to conflict of laws provisions. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
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