Terms & Conditions
Returns and Refunds Policy
Privacy Policy
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
REFERENCES TO “WE” “US” “OUR” MEANS
MERRYMURDER
REFERENCES TO “YOU” “YOUR” MEANS THE CUSTOMER
REFERENCES TO “GAME” “GAMES” MEANS A MERRYMURDER GAME
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS REFER TO YOUR
USE OF THE MERRYMURDER WEBSITE. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING
FURTHER AS YOUR USE OF THIS SITE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AGREEMENT BY YOU TO
ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT BELOW.
PRICING
We reserve the right to change our pricing policy at any time without notice
for all new business. You will not be able to proceed with ordering a Game
until you have acknowledged that you have read and understood these Terms
and Conditions and paid the price for the Game.
We cannot offer you a refund in the
event of any temporary suspension of our service.
Under no circumstances will the
liability of merrymurder amount to more than the price paid for the service.
Your statutory rights are not affected.
In the event that we are unable to send
you your Game in the form of electronic files, we reserve the right to send
you a printed copy of the Game and you should allow 14 days for delivery.
This will be deemed to be fulfilment of your order. No additional payment
will be required from you.
We reserve the right to reject any order
or payment entirely at our own discretion.
USE OF THE SITE
The information provided by you is complete and accurate and relates to you
personally and not to any other person living, dead or imagined. We reserve
the right to terminate your access to the site immediately and without
refund if we have grounds to believe that there has been a breach of this
condition.
However, we are under no obligation to
check the accuracy of your personal information supplied to us by you.
In return for the payment of the price
for your Game we grant you a licence to copy and use the Game for personal
use and subject to the following conditions:-
1. The Licence granted is for one use
only and a further payment for a multiple Licence must be made if you wish
to re-use the Game supplied.
2. You will make no charge to others for participating in the Game or to
spectators.
3. The Game may be used to raise money for Charity on condition that our
name merrymurder.com and the website address and an acknowledgment that the
Copyright in the Game belongs to us is displayed clearly on all advertising
and marketing copy.
All intellectual property rights are
reserved by us including but not limited to all text appearing on the
website, or graphics and web page design and any copying or use otherwise
than as permitted under the licence granted to you is strictly prohibited
without our express written consent. In particular, you will not alter,
re-use, copy or in any other way interfere or jeopardise the integrity of
the material contained in the Games.
LIMITS OF USE
You agree as a condition of your use of the Game that you will not use the
Game for any purpose that is illegal or prohibited by these terms and
conditions and in particular without limiting the generality of this
obligation not to:-
1. send to us messages containing
viruses or other programmes designed to disrupt, destroy or interfere with
any software or hardware with which they may come in contact.
2. seek to access personal information of other accounts and users of
merrymurder.com including credit card information.
3. Undertake to observe the terms of your Licence to use the Game and
indemnify us against any and all costs, claims and liabilities arising from
any breach of your Licence. You agree to accept sole responsibility for the
proper use and conduct of the Game and the health and welfare of the
participants and no liability is accepted by us for any accident or injury
arising before during or after the Game has been played.
NOTE that in the event of any criminal
misuse of the Game and notwithstanding our Privacy Policy we will co-operate
with law enforcement agencies as required by law.
COPYING
Copying of details and information on this site is only permitted with our
consent. Consent is not/is required before creating any link to this website
from any other website for legitimate commercial purposes which do not
represent merrymurder in a false, misleading or offensive manner.
POSTAL DELIVERY
If you opt for delivery of your Game by post, please allow 14 days for
delivery. In the event that you have not received your Game within 14 days,
please send an e-mail to tim@merrymurder.com.
ACCEPTANCE OF GAME
You should check the contents of the Game as soon as you receive this either
by electronic files or by postal delivery. You will be deemed to have
accepted that the Game is complete and ready for use unless we receive an
e-mail from you within 48 hours of delivery to tim@merrymurder.com. Please
note that for postal deliveries this will be 16 days after you have placed
your order, allowing for 14 days for delivery of the Game to you.
WEBSITE LINKS
Our website may contain links to other websites over which we have no
control and we cannot be held liable in any respect for their content and
the existence of a link to another website does not mean that we recommend
or endorse the products or services of that website. These links are
provided for your convenience and information.
LIMIT OF LIABILITY
Our liability for any loss, damage or inconvenience arising due to our
negligence is limited to the price paid for the service.
We can accept no liability for any loss
or damage, whether direct indirect or consequential suffered by you as a
result of your use of the site or for information on this website or any
websites linked to it. Nor for any temporary suspension of the services on
this website or otherwise provided by us.
Any information on this website is
provided for your convenience and should not be considered specific advice
and no liability will be accepted for any loss arising from the use of this
information.
We use our best endeavours to ensure
that our website facilities are available at all times, but no guarantee can
be given. From time to time, the website service will be suspended for
necessary maintenance work and this may be required without notice. On these
rare occasions we will use our best endeavours to resume service as swiftly
as possible.
Whilst we employ extensive firewall
virus protection, no liability whatsoever will be accepted for any virus
transmitted through the site and you confirm that you will employ proper
firewall protection to safeguard against any inadvertent virus infection.
CHANGES
We reserve the right to change any of the Terms and Conditions at any time
and you should ensure that you check these Terms and Conditions regularly
and always before subscribing to any new services of ours. You must cease to
use the services if there are any amendments with which you cannot agree.
LAW AND JURISDICTION
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales and
the English Courts shall have sole jurisdiction in respect of them.
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RETURNS AND REFUNDS POLICY
OUR RETURNS AND REFUNDS POLICY FORMS
PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Because merrymurder games
are a digital product, and therefore cannot be returned by the
purchaser, we are not able to offer refunds in any
circumstances. Compared to other murder mystery sites, the
merrymurder site gives you an incredible amount of information
on each game, thereby allowing you to make an informed purchase.
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PRIVACY POLICY
OUR PRIVACY POLICY FORMS PART OF THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
merrymurder is committed to protecting
your privacy on-line. The information we collect from you is only that
required by us so that we can provide you with the service and information
required. We will not supply your personal information (which means personal
information as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998) to any other person
or organisation without your express authority for us to do so unless we are
required to do so by law.
When you register to use
our service we need to know your name, address, e-mail address and date of
birth.
We gather this
information to allow us to process your payment and order and for the use of
our service. You will be deemed to consent to our use of your personal
information in the following ways: -
1. Communicating with you on any matter
relating to the conduct of your order and the provision of our service in
general.
2. Sending messages to you so that we can manage on-line enquiries.
3. To send you our Newsletter detailing other products and services and
special offers available from merrymurder if you have opted to receive our
Newsletter.
4. We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purpose of
monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our
services and may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These
statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any
individual.
Updating your Details
If any of the information that you have provided to merrymurder
changes, for example if you change your e-mail address, name or
payment details or if you wish to cancel your subscription to
our Newsletter, please let us know the correct details by
sending an e-mail to merrymurder.com
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored in the
hard drive of your computer by your browser. We use cookies to
enable us to personalise your visits to the websites and to keep
track of your use of the website. You will find on your browser
that you can opt to prevent websites using cookies but before
deciding this you should note that by selecting this option you
may reduce the speed and effectiveness of this website.
Our server will also
record information about the volume and character of website traffic and we
use this information so we can see how our website is being used and how it
might be improved. This information is not personally identifiable.
Policy Changes
merrymurder may change this policy from time to time as we add or improve
our services and our website, both in response to the changing nature of our
business and changes in the law. Any changes will be posted on the site and
will be effective immediately.
Other Websites
merrymurder can accept no responsibility for information which
you supply to other web users accessed by any of the links on
the merrymurder website.
We do not sell e-mail
addresses for any purpose and we will not pass on personal information to
other internet website businesses or businesses in general.
Your Consent
By submitting your information, you consent to the use of that information
as set out in this policy and any changes to this policy posted on the
website. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any
such changes.
Your Comments
merrymurder always welcomes your comments on our website and our service as
we strive to improve our products and services. Please note that any
comments submitted become the property of merrymurder, and may be used for
marketing purposes or to contact you with regard to your comments on the
site. We will ask you for approval in writing or e-mail should we wish to
use your comments for marketing purposes.
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