Terms & Conditions for CultureEscape.com
Last Updated: April 2017
These terms govern your use of CultureEscape.com, including participation in our online community (whether registered, contributing content, or browsing). Please review these terms regularly as they may change from time to time.
Using Our Site
By using CultureEscape.com, you agree to these terms. The site is for personal, non-commercial use only. Users under 18 need parental permission to use the site or register. Our Community Guidelines also apply.
Trademarks and Copyright
All content on the site is owned by CultureEscape.com or licensed to us by our users and other licensees. You may not copy, store, scrape, or use any part of our site without permission. Our trademarks may not be used without our permission. More information can be found here.
Contributing to the Site
If you engage with an application on the site (e.g., using or posting content), an independent legal relationship forms between you and the application provider, who may impose their own terms.
All contributions must be your original work. By uploading content, you grant us non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide rights to use your content, including the right to sublicense. Your content may be altered, edited, or adapted as necessary. Although we try to attribute authorship to you, it’s not always possible. We may not attribute your real name without your consent.
Prohibited Content: Your content must not breach any laws or rights, including defamation, intellectual property infringement, or privacy violations. It must not contain personal information, commercial advertising, or offensive content. If using others’ intellectual property, obtain and keep their written permission.
Removal of Content and Termination of Accounts
We may remove your content or terminate your account at our discretion, especially in cases of repeated or serious breaches of these terms.
Reporting Abuse
If you believe any content on our site violates these terms, use the report abuse function available throughout the site.
Reporting Defamation
Under the Defamation Act 2013, a valid defamation notification must include:
- Your name and email address.
- The location and content of the comments.
- The meaning you attribute to the comments and why they are defamatory.
- Confirmation that you cannot contact the user directly.
- Consent to provide your name and email to the user.
Send your notification in writing to community@cultureescape.com with ‘Defamation notification’ in the subject line. We will contact the user upon receipt.
Reporting Copyright Infringements
If you believe any content infringes your copyright, notify us with a DMCA notice at dmca@cultureescape.com. Your notice must include:
- Identification of the copyrighted work and its owner.
- Identification of the infringing material and its location.
- Your contact information.
- A statement of good faith belief that the use is unauthorized, with penalties for perjury.
- A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or authorized agent.
We will remove the infringing material and notify the user upon receipt of a valid DMCA notice.
Your Privacy
We collect your personal information for site administration, password management, content contact, and communication. You can update your information in the ‘profile’ section. We may share your details with our authors and other CultureEscape.com companies. We will not sell your contact details for marketing purposes. More details are available in our privacy policy.
Liability and Disclaimer
You must:
- Own the content you upload or have permission from the owner.
- Grant CultureEscape.com the rights under these Terms.
- Obtain consent from the owner of any incorporated work.
You indemnify CultureEscape.com against all losses, costs, and expenses related to claims that you do not own your content, cannot grant rights, or lack consent. CultureEscape.com must mitigate its losses.
Outside Australia, UK, and EU:
We are not responsible for any loss, damage, liability, cost, or expense related to site use. The site is provided “as is.” Verify critical information independently before traveling. We exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, liability for site use. You indemnify CultureEscape.com against all claims related to breaches of these terms.
Within Australia, UK, and EU:
We use reasonable care to ensure accuracy but provide information “as is.” Certain laws provide non-excludable statutory guarantees. Subject to these rights, we are not responsible for loss that was not foreseeable, caused by breaches or negligence, business losses, or
losses outside our control. Verify critical information independently before traveling. Legal issues will be governed by the laws of Tennessee, USA.
For any further inquiries or concerns about these terms, please contact us at the provided email addresses.