(c) Whilst we will check that instructions are given with the correct Security Information, We shall not be obliged to take any further steps to check the instructions have been given by you or an authorised user.

(d) We may act on any instructions given using the Security Information. We are not liable for any action taken, or loss resulting from the receipt of such instructions given by any unauthorised person using the Security Information.

(e) We use our best efforts to ensure the security of personal information is submitted by our members.  When we collect this information from our members, it is stored in an area where the general public does not have access to it.  This also includes any restaurant adding/editing information.

(f) Adding/editing restaurant information should only be achieved by either us (at your request) or by an authorised user (directly from eatingspot.com).

(g) Due to the nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee the security of any confidential information which is transmitted through the internet.


5. Copyright of Materials

(a) The right to download and store or output any material including pictures on our website is granted for the user's personal use only and only for this.  These materials may not be reproduced in any edited form and used in any other third party source.  Any other reproduction, transmission, performance, display or editing of these materials by any means mechanical or electronic without the express written permission of eatingspot.com is strictly prohibited. Users wishing to obtain permission to reprint or reproduce any materials (other than restaurant, food and wine information) appearing on this website may contact us via our 'Contact Us' on-line form stating your reasons why.

(b) Restaurant, food and wine information contained on this website is public information.  By visiting and using this information at this website you agree to the following:
  (i) Contents may be copied onto a single computer for research purposes or for your personal non-commercial home use only that is to be read offline;
  (ii) If part or all of it is to be copied (at our request), you must make sure that you keep intact all copyright and content information and you make no modifications to the materials.


6. Abuse

(a) Our Service is provided subject to the condition that there will be no abuse or fraudulent use of the Service.
Abuse and fraudulent use of our Service shall include (without limitation):
  (i) Attempting to, or actually obtaining, accessing, altering, de-compiling, reverse engineering or destroying the data files, programs, procedures and/or information of our website.  This also includes our client based information;
  (ii) Using our Service in such a manner as to pretend to be the person authorised to enter their relevant restaurant details without the consent of the 'authorised' person.

(b) If an authorised persons' restaurant details are found to be abusive, then these details will automatically be deleted from our database and the person authorised will be contacted to explain their actions.  Our database is constantly scanned for abusive contents.
PLEASE NOTE: As mentioned before, you are responsible for any of these actions.  If you do allow (authorise) someone other than yourself to add/edit your restaurant information, then you must check to see if that person has correctly entered these details by searching through your restaurant details in the 'Text Search' area by entering your restaurant name and postcode, etc. to find the exact match if more than one restaurant has the same name.


7. Notices

(a) All notices shall be sent by either first or second class post (depending on urgency) to the address last notified to us and shall be deemed to be received 36 hours after the date of posting.


8. Your Liability

(a) You will be liable to us without limit if we can show you have acted fraudulently or with negligence or in breach of this Policy Agreement.

(b) The customer undertakes fully and effectively to indemnify and keep indemnified at all times eatingspot.com against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, demands, liabilities and expenses whatsoever (including legal and other fees and disbursements) sustained, incurred or paid by eatingspot.com directly or indirectly in respect of:
  (i) Access to and/or use of the Service by the customer or by authorised users.
  (ii) Any information, data or material produced, transmitted or downloaded by the customer or authorised users. 
  (iii) Any breach by the customer or by authorised users of any of these terms or of any law, code or regulation.


9. Our Liability

(a) We will not be liable to you for any loss you suffer as a result of us acting on an instruction as mentioned in Clause 4(d) above, except in so far as we are negligent.

(b) We are not responsible for any misuse of the Service by you or anyone else, nor for any disclosure of confidential information by us where you have failed to take reasonable precautions to maintain the Security Information as detailed in Clause 4 above.

(c) We will not be liable to you for any loss you suffer due to any circumstances beyond our control which lead to the Service being wholly or partly unavailable for such reasons as, but not limited to, a technical break-down, industrial dispute, communications or power failure. In all such circumstances we will expect you to prevent or reduce your loss by telephoning us or sending us a fax message to affect, withdraw or continue the Service.

(d) Nothing in this policy agreement shall exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

(e) We accept no liability to you for any indirect loss or damage (however arising), nor for any loss of profits, loss of sales, loss of turnover, loss of bargain, loss of opportunity, loss of computer equipment, software or data or loss of time.


10. Law

This Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and the parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.