Terms and conditions

British Eye Research Foundation, operating as Fight for Sight (“we”, “our”, “us”), is a company limited by guarantee registered in England (Company Number: 05525503) and a charity registered in England by the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Number: 1111438) whose registered office is at 18 Mansell Street, London E1 8AA.

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”, “Terms and Conditions”) govern your use of our website located at fightforsight.org.uk (the “Service”) and any related services provided by Fight for Sight.

Last updated: May 2024

1. Intellectual Property Rights

Under these Terms, Fight for Sight owns all the intellectual property rights and materials contained in this Service. You are granted a limited license only for purposes of accessing, viewing and downloading the material contained on this Service for your personal non-commercial use.

2. Restrictions

You are specifically restricted from all of the following, without written permission from Fight for Sight:

  • Publishing any website material in any media;
  • Selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercialising any website material;
  • Publicly performing and/or showing any website material;
  • Using this Service in any way that is damaging to this Service or any person or business entity;
  • Using this Service in any way that impacts user access to this Service;
  • Using this Service contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Service, or to any person or business entity;
  • Engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting, or any other similar activity in relation to this Service, or while using this Service;
  • Using this Service to engage in any advertising or marketing without prior written consent.
  • Materials on this site may be copyrighted and any unauthorised use may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

3. Links to other websites

The Service may include links that take you to third party websites. If you use these links you will leave this site. We are not responsible for the content of any other websites or pages linking to or from the Service. We have not verified the content of any such websites and links to other websites do not imply our endorsement of any material or products on those websites. If you choose to follow links to other websites you do so at your own risk. It is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses.

 

4. Your Content

In these Terms and Conditions, “Your Content” shall mean any audio, video, text, images, or other material you choose to display on this Service. By displaying Your Content, you grant Fight for Sight a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute it in any and all media.

 

5. No warranties

Materials are provided for information purposes only. Whilst we take care in compiling the materials we do not make any warranties or representations as to their accuracy or reliability and nor do we warrant the completeness of the information provided. We may make changes to the materials on the website at any time without giving notice. The materials on this site may be out of date and we make no commitment to update such information.

This Service is provided “as is,” with all faults, and Fight for Sight makes no express or implied representations or warranties of any kind related to this Service or the materials contained on this Service.

 

6. Limitation of liability

In no event shall Fight for Sight, nor any of its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, suppliers or other third parties be liable for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Service, whether such liability is under contract, tort, or otherwise. Access to the Service is conditional upon your agreement to indemnify Fight for Sight and not to hold us responsible in any way for the results of any action you take based on the material contained herein.

 

7. No medical advice

The Service does not offer medical advice and is not intended to constitute professional advice for diagnosis or treatment or to recommend any course of action. If you have or suspect you may have a health problem you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your circumstances.

 

8. Users

The Service is administered from our registered office in England. We are not able to guarantee that the site or the information it contains are appropriate for or comply with relevant laws outside of the United Kingdom. Permission from a parent is required for use of the Service for people under the age of 18 years.

 

9. Indemnification

You hereby indemnify to the fullest extent Fight for Sight from and against any and/or all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages, and expenses arising in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

 

10. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid under any applicable law, such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

 

11. Variation of Terms

Fight for Sight is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Service you are expected to review such Terms on a regular basis to ensure you understand all terms and conditions governing use of this Service.

 

12. Assignment

Fight for Sight is allowed to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification or consent required. However, you shall not be permitted to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

 

13. Entire Agreement

These Terms, including any legal notices and disclaimers contained on this Service, constitute the entire agreement between Fight for Sight and you in relation to your use of this Service, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the same.

 

14. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts for the resolution of any disputes.