Terms and Conditions

Welcome to TSC. By using our services, you are agreeing to be bound by all of these terms and conditions. If you don't wish to be bound by what you read below, you shouldn't use TSC. We may change or update these terms at any time without prior notice. Your continued use of TSC means that you accept any new or modified terms. So please check back here from time to time.

Copyright

Copyright in TSC (including but not limited to text, photographs, graphics and software) is owned by or licensed to the publishers, TSC. All rights are hereby reserved by TSC. Users may access content in TSC solely for their own personal, non-commercial use. Users may not otherwise download or copy, store in any medium (including any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, modify or show in public any part of TSC without the prior written consent of TSC. If you wish to make inquiries about a licence to reproduce material from the websites of TSC, please contact us. By posting material on this website, you promise that it does not infringe any third party rights.

Registration

By registering, you certify that all information you provide in the registration is accurate. Users may only maintain one active registration. In other words, it's one registration per person. By accepting this agreement, you certify that you have no other registration with TSC. You may not register a username that contains any reference to a company or website name.

Our Content

Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, all of the content on this site is the property of TSC or has been licensed for use by TSC and is protected by UK and international copyright laws. "Content" means any information, mode of expression, or other material and services found on TSC. This includes discussion boards, chat, software, our writings, graphics and any and all other features found on this website. Our content is intended for individual, personal use only. Any copying, distribution, storing or transmission of any kind, or any sort of commercial use of our content is strictly prohibited without our prior written permission.

We do not warrant that the website, its content or the server that makes it available are error or virus free or free of other harmful components or that your use of this website will be uninterrupted.

If you are dissatisfied with the website or any content or materials on it, your sole exclusive remedy is to discontinue your use of the website.

All content of this website including but not limited to the text, photographs, images, graphics, illustrations, designs, written and other material including the program and code that operates this website (together the 'content') is protected by copyright, trade mark and/or other proprietary rights owned by or licensed to us. Downloading, printing or copying of any content from this website is permitted only for the purposes of personal use in which case you must acknowledge the source of the material. All other uses of the content are expressly prohibited.

The website may provide links to other websites, the content of which is not in our control. Accordingly we cannot accept any responsibility for the materials featured on such websites. Links to such websites are not to be taken as an endorsement of such websites or as a warranty that such websites will be free of viruses or other such items of a destructive nature.

Please note that any goods and services supplied or made available through this website or through sites which are linked to this website are supplied by third parties and not by us (unless stated otherwise). Any dealings between you and such third parties, including payment for and delivery of products or services and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations, acts or omissions associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the third party. You agree not to hold us liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as the result of any such dealings.

User Supplied Content

The website contains material submitted and created by private and trade advertisers and other third parties. We exclude all liability for any illegality arising from such material, or any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in such material.

Your Conduct

TSC encourages active and open debate among our members. All that we ask is that it's done in a lawful and civil manner be it posting on our boards or using our system to email another user directly. Accordingly, you agree to use TSC for lawful purposes only.

You may not use, or allow others to use, your membership to:

• Post or transmit any content that is abusive, vulgar, obscene, hateful, fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, harassing, or defamatory or which discloses private or personal matters concerning any person;
• Post or transmit any material that you do not have a right to transmit under law (such as copyright, trade secret or securities) or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (as in nondisclosure agreements);
• Post, transmit, or link to sexually explicit material;
• Impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with anyone or entity;
• Post or transmit statements that are intentionally false or misleading, or use such statements to manipulate the market for any security;
• Post or transmit any advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation including chain letters or pyramid schemes;
• Collect or store personal data about other users;
• Post or transmit any file that contains viruses, corrupted files, "Trojan Horses," or any other contaminating or destructive features that may damage someone else's computer.
• You also agree to comply with our Posting Rules.

While we can't review all transmissions by our users, TSC reserves the right to monitor any information transmitted or received through our service. TSC, at our sole discretion and without prior notice, may at any time review, edit, remove, or otherwise block any material posted on this website or terminate your membership for violating the above provisions.

You are responsible for all statements made and acts that occur through the use of your membership and password. Please don't disclose your password to anybody. If your password has been stolen, you must contact us immediately.

Indemnification

In the event of a breach of this agreement - and a loss being suffered as a consequence - TSC will look to hold the consumer responsible for reasonable losses.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

TSC cannot and does not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the news or editorial content found on our site.

You understand and acknowledge that information posted or transmitted by other users are the sole responsibility of the person from which such material originated. TSC takes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or truth of the information posted on this website.

TSC shall not be liable for any decision made or action taken by you or others based upon reliance on news published byTSC . We rely on various sources of information that we believe to be accurate and reliable.

Members' Privacy

We need to understand who is reading our site to provide the most appropriate content and to source advertising from appropriate companies. We will also use your profile to improve your online experience at TSC with customised features and new facilities that will be offered to registered users.

TSC will not disclose any of your personal information you provide us as part of your membership registration except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, for example if required by law. TSC does not sell or rent user information to anyone without explicit permission.

Information gathered when buying items in our shop is not used for any other purposes than to complete your order.

TSC carries out research based on the information you put forward and we may share this aggregated information with advertisers or partners. We may disclose aggregated statistics (for example, 95% of our users are male) in order to describe our services to prospective partners and advertisers and for other lawful purposes.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored on your computer. It is set by us when you visit TSC and can only be accessed and used by us. Each cookie has an expiry date that determines how long the cookie lasts. Cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, however, when you register for the Service, the cookie may be combined with personal information that you have given us as a part of registration. We use cookies in several ways to improve our services. Please be aware that we only use cookies when they are absolutely necessary and always ensure that they last only for as long as they are useful.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Remembering your preferences - Certain web pages provide you with the option to customise pages and/or settings within a web page. A cookie is used to store that information so that the site can remember what settings were changed the next time you return to that page.
• Signing In - When you sign in a cookie is used so that you do not have to sign in to every page that you go to.
• Advertisements - We use cookies to ensure that you do not have to see the same popup advertisements repeated over and over again within a short period of time and for tracking purposes. See Advertisements below for more details.

How to disable cookies:

Below we provide information on how to disable cookies on some of the most used browsers. If you use a browser which is not featured below you should be able to access information on how to disable cookies by going to the "Help" section of that browser.

Microsoft Internet Explorer v.6 - In your browser click on "Tools" then choose "Internet options". Click on the "Privacy" tab. On the privacy tab, click on the "Advanced" button. A window will pop open where you can modify the settings that your browser uses to handle cookies. Check the box next to "Override automatic cookie handling". This will activate the options below where you can manually change the cookie handling settings.

Microsoft Internet Explorer v.5 and v.5.5 - In your browser window click on "Tools" then choose "Internet options". Click the "Security" button. A window will pop up and then you should choose "Custom level". Scroll down the list of options until you find options under the "Cookies" heading. Here you can change the settings of how your browser should handle cookies.

Netscape Navigator v.4.75 - In the browser window, click "Edit" and choose "Preferences". A window will pop open where you can modify many of the browser settings. Click on the "Advanced" option to highlight it. The advanced option screen will appear on the right where you can modify the way the browser should handle cookies.

Advertisements

Advertisements on our site are provided by another organization. Our advertising partner will serve ads that it believes are most likely to be of interest to you, based on information about your visit to this and other websites (this information is anonymous in that it does not include your name, street address, e-mail address or telephone number). In order to do this, our advertising partner may need to place a cookie on your computer. For more information about this type of online behavioral advertising, about cookies, and about how to turn this features off, please visit http://www.youronlinechoices.co.uk

More information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us.

Last updated 15:19 on 8 March 2024