These are the legal terms that apply when you use our online services. Please read these terms carefully before using our online services as you will be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms we do not grant you permission to use our online services. If you have any questions you can contact us as set out below.
There are additional terms that apply to your use of our mobile services. Please follow the link to read those terms. You should also read our privacy policy which applies to all of your dealings with us and explains what use we will make of any personal information you may give us.
"We", "us" and "our" means MTV Networks Europe which is a Delaware partnership between MTV Networks Europe Inc and Viacom Networks Europe. Our principal place of business is at 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1DS. Our VAT number is GB466509032. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact us at: info@switch.org.
We may need to make changes to these terms in future. For example to reflect changes in the law, changes in the type of services or information we provide to you through this website or to correct errors in these terms. We will try to keep all such changes to a minimum. We recommend that you check these terms from time to time to see if they have changed. We will always state at the bottom of these terms the date on which they were last updated.
If you continue to use our online services after our terms change you will be bound by those changes.
Some of our online services may only be accessible by registration. You must be 18 years of age to register for those online services. When you register you must provide us with true, current and complete information about yourself as set out in the registration form. If you provide any important information that is untrue, not current or incomplete (or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that this is the case) we have the right to either suspend or terminate your access to those parts of our online services that require registration.
On registration you will need to choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for keeping your password and other account details secret. You will be responsible for all activity that occurs under your account by another person if you fail to take reasonable measures to keep your account details secret. You agree to notify us immediately if you know of any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security and to exit from your account at the end of each session.
These security measures are important and we cannot take any responsibility for inconvenience, loss or damage you suffer as a result of failing to comply with them.
You must use our online services in a considerate and responsible manner. You are not allowed to use our online services:
We provide our online services (and the information and materials on those services) solely for your personal and private use. The information and materials must not be used for any other purpose without our express written permission. For example, you are not allowed to copy, transmit or reverse engineer anything available on our online services or deep-link to and/or frame or use framing techniques to enclose any part of our online services without our prior written consent. Unless we specifically tell you otherwise this restriction also applies to you modifying any information or materials available on our online services, for example by making a "mash-up" or other derivative work.
The material and information provided by us and other third parties on our online services is protected by intellectual property rights including copyright, designs and trade marks. Nothing in these terms gives you any rights of ownership in that material or information and you may only use that material and information in accordance with these terms.
As part of our online services we may provide various message boards, chat rooms, weblogs, upload facilities, profile pages and other message and communication facilities that provide you with the ability to submit, display and exchange information, messages and other content with us and with other users.
Many of our online services are public and material you submit may be read or viewed by other people without your knowledge or permission. You should only provide material or messages that you are willing for other people to see. This does not refer to emails or messaging services which we tell you will be private. You should be careful not to disclose personal information (for example your full name, address or financial details) in any material or messages when you use our online services.
Your ageYou must be 18 or over to upload material to our online services. If you are under 18 years of age, you must obtain the consent of your parent or legal guardian to use our online services and to upload any material.
Uploading and licenceBy uploading any material (including photos, artwork, messages, videos and images) to our online services you agree to grant us a non-exclusive licence to use your material in the ways set out below. Given the volume of material uploaded to our online services we can't deal with each user individually so we need you to grant us this licence so we can operate our business as a broadcaster effectively.
Your material still belongs to you. We do not claim any ownership rights in your material. This means that you continue to retain all ownership rights and you may still use your material in any way you choose, including licensing that material to other websites.
How we may use your materialIn exchange for allowing you to upload your material and make it available to the public via our online services, you grant us (for the full term of any rights that may exist in your material) the non-exclusive, worldwide, sub-licensable right to use your material as follows (without payment to you or any third party):
You waive any "moral" rights in your material for the purposes of us using it in accordance with these terms. Your moral rights include the right to be identified as the author and the right to object to derogatory treatment of your material. We need this waiver because we may not always be able to identify you (or other users who have uploaded content) as the author, and we need to be able to edit or treat your material in our editorial judgment.
We have the right not to exhibit your material on any MTV service or any other media, and the right to remove your material, or links or any other means of access to your material, from our online or other services at our discretion at any time.
Your promisesIt is very important that the materials you post or upload to our online services are your own work. Materials that you did not create yourself, or that include images of people or information about people without their permission can result in serious liability to us and to you.
Accordingly, you promise that:
We do not necessarily (and are not obliged to) pre-moderate any material that you submit to our online services, but we reserve the right to monitor any material submitted and any communications on our online services and you now consent to any such monitoring. We reserve the right to remove, at any time and without reason or prior notice or any liability to you, any material that you have submitted.
We may establish general practices and limits concerning use of our online services, including without limitation, the maximum number of days that message board postings or other uploaded content will be retained by our websites and the maximum number of times (and the maximum length of time) you may access our online services in a given period. We have the right to change these general practices and limits from time to time without having to tell you in advance.
We endeavour to provide a satisfactory level of performance for all of our online services. However it is not technically possible or practical for us to provide our online services free of all faults at all times. The information and material provided on our online services may include some inaccuracies or typographical errors, which we will endeavour to correct as they come to our notice. Our online services may sometimes be unavailable for technical reasons, for maintenance or for us to make editorial changes. We may also decide at any time to discontinue providing certain of our freely available online services.
We do not control the content posted by other users of our online services and for that reason we cannot guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any such content. Postings by other users do not represent our views or those of our employees or representatives. If you use our online services you must accept that you may be exposed to content that is offensive or objectionable. If you wish to complain about particular content you can send an email to us at: info@switch.org.
We use reasonable efforts to check information and content on our online services for viruses, however we do not promise that our online services will be free of viruses or bugs and recommend that you also use care in this regard by using anti-virus software when accessing our online services.
We will not be liable to you (whether as a result of contract law, tort, statutory duty or otherwise) for any loss or damage arising from or in any way connected with your use of, or inability to use, our online services in respect of any losses:
If you have a claim against another user of our online services you will pursue that claim independently and without recourse to us.
We do not in any way seek to limit or exclude our liability to you for death or personal injury or any loss arising as a result of fraud.
You will be required to compensate us in full for all of our losses caused by your misuse of our online services, including losses we suffer by virtue of someone else bringing a claim against us in respect of such misuse. A misuse of our online services arises if you do not comply with the rules set out in these terms, an example would be if you uploaded materials that infringe someone else's rights such as copyright videos or music.
Our online services may contain links to other websites which are not controlled by us. Any such links are provided solely for your convenience and this does not amount to an endorsement by us of that website or its content. If you use those links you will leave our online services and if you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk. These legal terms only apply to your use of our online services and we cannot be responsible for any content, or products and services available on any other websites as we do not control them.
When using our online services you should always take the following precautions:
We are concerned about the safety and well being of all our users, but children in particular. Parents who allow their children to use our online services should take care to supervise and assist their children. We remind you that our online services are designed to appeal to a wide audience. As the legal guardians, we remind parents that it is their responsibility to supervise children and to determine whether particular areas of our websites are unsuitable for your child. If you have any concerns about our online services, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address set out above.
We have the right to suspend or terminate your access to our online services or any aspect of them if you do not comply with these terms or if we have reasonable grounds to believe that you are likely to breach them. We will use reasonable efforts to give you reasonable prior notice of our intention to suspend or terminate your access unless your non-compliance is or could be against the law, is adversely affecting other users of our online services or could damage our reputation.
If you enter a competition we will alert you to the specific rules that apply to that particular competition.
We will comply with all applicable UK data protection legislation from time to time in place in respect of any personal information you submit to us.
You may be asked to input information about yourself on different areas of our online services. We will only use that information for the purposes set out in our privacy policy or as stated at the time the information is requested.
You can amend or remove information you give us via our online services at any time. If you want to amend any information you have given us when registering for our online services or want to add or remove your name from an SMS/MMS, newsletter or other distribution list which you have subscribed to, you can click on the "Update Profile" link when logged in and amend your profile accordingly. Alternatively you may unsubscribe from a newsletter or other email distribution list by clicking on the relevant link on the newsletter/other email (which can normally be found at the bottom of the communication).
If you want to remove all of your information from our databases, you can do so by sending an email to: info@switch.org specifying your name, user-name, email address and telephone number and asking for your information to be removed. You should also read our privacy policy which contains further information about how we collect, store and use information about you in the course of providing our online services.
If you want to make a complaint about any of our online services or if you think your or someone else's intellectual property or other rights have been infringed by our online services you can give us full details by sending an email to: info@switch.org.
Each provision of these terms excluding or limiting liability is to be construed separately and will apply and survive even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances. Each of the provisions of these terms excluding or limiting liability will remain in force notwithstanding any termination of these terms or termination or suspension of your access to our online services.
No waiver of any rights by either you or us will be taken as a waiver of any other rights you or we may have. For example if we waive our rights to complain about a particular breach of these terms by you it does not prevent us from complaining about other breaches.
These terms are governed by the laws of England and both you and we agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
These terms were last updated on 12 April 2007.
This privacy policy sets out how we and our related companies use any personal information that you give to us or we collect from you, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. Personal information also includes anything else that can identify you as an individual, such as photos or videos of you. We refer to this as "your information" in this privacy policy.
"We", "us" and "our" means MTV Networks Europe which is a Delaware partnership between MTV Networks Europe Inc and Viacom Networks Europe. Our principal place of business is at 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1DS. Our VAT number is GB466509032. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact us at: info@switch.org.
We may need to make changes to this privacy policy in future. For example to reflect changes in the law, changes in the type of services or information we provide to you or to correct any errors. We will try to keep all such changes to a minimum. We recommend that you check this policy from time to time to see if it has changed. We will always state at the bottom of this policy the date on which it was last updated.
If you continue to use our services after our privacy policy changes you will be bound by those changes.
We collect your personal information in the following ways.
More information on how we use cookies and how you can disable them if you choose to do so is given below.
In addition and with your consent we (and if applicable, our partners or other trusted third parties) use your information for certain marketing, market research, analysis and related purposes. It is up to you how much or how little information you allow us to use for these purposes. Our on screen notices will ask for your explicit permission for such additional purposes. These purposes include:
Like many websites, we use "cookies". Cookies are small text files that websites automatically save to the cookie file of the browser on your computer when you enter the website. We do not use cookies that access any information stored on your hard drive or damage or otherwise endanger your computer. We use cookies to identify your computer when you use our online services and to track and assist your navigation around our online services.
Examples of the information that may be collected and analysed using cookies are user-name, email address and password, the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, browser type and version, operating system and platform you use to connect, areas of our online services that you viewed or searched for, the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) from or through which you entered and exited our online services and the date and time of such activity.
You can use the "Help" section of the tool bar on most browsers to change the settings on your computer, for example to notify you when you receive a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. However, some of the features of our online services may not work or may be more difficult to access if you refuse all cookies.
We use a third party advertising company to serve advertisements on our online services. This company may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your use of our online services in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements, our third party advertiser may place or recognise a unique "cookie" on your browser. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by this company please click here: www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy.
You can amend or remove information you give us via our online services at any time.
If you want to amend any information you have given us when registering for our online services or want to add or remove your name from an SMS/MMS, newsletter or other distribution list which you have subscribed to, you can click on the "Update Profile" link when logged in and amend your profile accordingly. Alternatively, you may unsubscribe from a newsletter or other email distribution list by clicking on the relevant link on the newsletter/other email (which can normally be found at the bottom of the communication). You may withdraw from an SMS/MMS service you requested via SMS/MMS (as opposed to online) by following the instructions you receive in the message confirming your request. Any message requesting withdrawal from a service will be charged at standard rates.
If you want to remove all of your information from our database or have any questions about privacy issues, you can send an email to: info@switch.org specifying your name, user-name, email address and telephone number and asking for your information to be removed or specifying any questions you may have.
We have taken steps to ensure that your personal information is secure, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorised access.
In the unlikely event that we sell or otherwise dispose of some or all of our business to another party, we reserve the right to transfer your information as part of any assets sold or disposed of and you consent to such transfer.
This policy was last updated on 12 April 2007.
These are the legal terms that apply when you use any of our mobile services (including WAP sites, SMS, MMS and mobile downloads). Please read these terms carefully before using those services as you will be bound by these terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms we do not grant you permission to use our mobile services. If you have any questions you can contact us as set out below.
There are additional terms that apply to your use of our online services. Please follow the link to read those terms. You should also read our privacy policy which applies to all of your dealings with us and explains what use we will make of any personal information you may give us.
"We", "us" and "our" means MTV Networks Europe which is a Delaware partnership between MTV Networks Europe Inc and Viacom Networks Europe. Our principal place of business is at 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1DS. Our VAT number is GB466509032. If you have any questions or concerns you can contact us at: info@switch.org.
We may need to make changes to these terms in future. For example to reflect changes in the law, changes in the type of services or information we provide to you through our mobile services or to correct errors in these terms. We will try to keep all such changes to a minimum. We recommend that you check these terms from time to time to see if they have changed. We will always state at the bottom of these terms the date on which they were last updated.
If you continue to use our mobile services after our terms change you will be bound by those changes.
Some of our mobile services may only be accessible by registration. You must be 18 years of age to register for those mobile services. When you register you must provide us with true, current and complete information about yourself as set out in the registration form. If you provide any important information that is untrue, not current or incomplete (or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that this is the case) we have the right to either suspend or terminate your access to those parts of our mobile services that require registration.
On registration you will need to choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for keeping your password and other account details secret. You will be responsible for all activity that occurs under your account by another person if you fail to take reasonable measures to keep your account details secret. You agree to notify us immediately if you know of any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security and to exit from your account at the end of each session.
These security measures are important and we cannot take any responsibility for inconvenience, loss or damage you suffer as a result of failing to comply with them.
You must use our mobile services in a considerate and responsible manner. You are not allowed to use our mobile services:
We provide our mobile services (and the information and materials on those services) solely for your personal and private use. The information and materials must not be used for any other purpose without our express written permission. For example, you are not allowed to copy, transmit or reverse engineer anything available on our mobile services. Unless we specifically tell you otherwise this restriction also applies to you modifying any information or materials available on our mobile services, for example by making a "mash-up" or other derivative work.
The material and information provided by us and other third parties on our mobile services is protected by intellectual property rights including copyright, designs and trade marks. Nothing in these terms gives you any rights of ownership in that material or information and you may only use that material and information in accordance with these terms.
We (or the relevant distributor or operator of the mobile service) will always notify you of the likely charges for using a service. For example, when entering a competition, purchasing a game or voting via mobile/SMS or a WAP site, the programme on which the competition/vote was featured or the relevant section of the WAP site will inform you of the price of registering your vote/entry or the cost of purchasing the game. However, your network operator may also charge an additional standard messaging fee for any SMS sent or received by you or a browsing and/or downloading fee for your use of a WAP site. You should consult your network operator for further details of these standard costs.
Charges for the relevant service will be deducted from your available credit time if you are a pre-pay customer or will appear on your monthly statement if you are a pay monthly customer. You must always obtain the permission of the person paying the bill for the relevant mobile device before using any of our mobile services.
Part of the mobile services provided by us may include reverse billed premium rate SMS services. These services operate by delivering content to mobile devices for a charge. Users subscribe to a service and are charged at the standard messaging cost of the relevant network operator for such message. Users will then receive the requested content, and are charged by us for the delivery of such content at a premium rate. The primary cost of the service to users is incurred not when user sends the message to subscribe to the service, but when we send the user the requested content in return. For that reason these services are known as "reverse billed premium rate services". Such premium rate services are charged per message and not per minute.
Where we use reverse billed premium rate services we will notify you of the likely charge for receiving content or messages from us. The charge will be between a specified price range depending on your network operator and the network operator may also charge an additional standard messaging cost. Please consult your network operator for further details of its standard messaging costs.
When requesting a service via SMS message, the return SMS message will usually give you details of how to withdraw from that particular service. The withdrawal message will be charged at your network operator's standard messaging rates. For further information on any of our mobile services, including reverse billed premium rate services, email us at: info@switch.org.
As a service provider we contract with distributors, network operators and other third parties for facilities to enable the provision and billing of our mobile services. As such, components of our mobile services are supplied to us and/or to you directly by third parties. We do not control those elements and cannot make any promises to you about the level of service provided by third parties.
Our mobile services are subject to the limitations of the technology on which they rely and may be adversely affected by network performance and other technological or operational factors beyond our control such as congestion, network coverage, dropped connections and the performance of your mobile device.
Where mobile services are provided to you directly by a distributor, network operator or other third party, the take up and use of those services by you may be subject to the terms and conditions of those third parties. However, you will also remain bound by these terms where applicable and in the event of a conflict between any third parties' terms and these terms, these terms will take precedence.
We may establish general practices and limits concerning use of our mobile services, including without limitation, the maximum number of times (and the maximum length of time) you may access our mobile services in a given period. We have the right to change these general practices and limits from time to time without having to tell you in advance.
We endeavour to provide a satisfactory level of performance for all of our mobile services. However it is not technically possible or practical for us to provide our mobile services free of all faults at all times. The information and material provided on our mobile services may include some inaccuracies or typographical errors, which we will endeavour to correct as they come to our notice. Our mobile services may sometimes be unavailable for technical reasons, for maintenance or for us to make editorial changes. We may also decide at any time to discontinue providing certain of our freely available mobile services.
We will not be liable to you (whether as a result of contract law, tort, statutory duty or otherwise) for any loss or damage arising from or in any way connected with your use of, or inability to use, our online services in respect of any losses:
If you have a claim against another user of our online services you will pursue that claim independently and without recourse to us.
We do not in any way seek to limit or exclude our liability to you for death or personal injury or any loss arising as a result of fraud.
You will be required to compensate us in full for all of our losses caused by your misuse of our mobile services, including losses we suffer by virtue of someone else bringing a claim against us in respect of such misuse. A misuse of our mobile services arises if you do not comply with the rules set out in these terms.
When using our mobile services you should always take the following precautions:
We are concerned about the safety and well being of all our users, but children in particular. Parents who allow their children to use our mobile services should take care to supervise and assist their children. We remind you that our mobile services are designed to appeal to a wide audience. As the legal guardians, we remind parents that it is their responsibility to supervise children and to determine whether particular areas of our mobile services are unsuitable for your child. If you have any concerns about our mobile services, please do not hesitate to contact us at the address set out above.
We have the right to suspend or terminate your access to our mobile services or any aspect of them if you do not comply with these terms or if we have reasonable grounds to believe that you are likely to breach them. We will use reasonable efforts to give you reasonable prior notice of our intention to suspend or terminate your access unless your non-compliance is or could be against the law, is adversely affecting other users of our mobile services or could damage our reputation.
If you enter a competition or buy a game via our mobile services we will alert you to the specific rules that apply to that particular competition or game.
We will comply with all applicable UK data protection legislation from time to time in place in respect of any personal information you submit to us.
You may be asked to input information about yourself on different areas of our mobile services. We will only use that information for the purposes set out in our privacy policy or as stated at the time the information is requested.
You can amend or remove information you give us via our mobile services at any time. If you want to remove all of your information from our databases, you can do so by sending an email to: info@switch.org specifying your name, user-name, email address and telephone number and asking for your information to be removed. You should also read our privacy policy which contains further information about how we collect, store and use information about you in the course of providing our services.
If you want to make a complaint about any of our mobile services or if you think your or someone else's intellectual property or other rights have been infringed by our mobile services you can give us full details by sending an email to: info@switch.org.
Each provision of these terms excluding or limiting liability is to be construed separately and will apply and survive even if for any reason one or other of those provisions is held to be inapplicable or unenforceable in any circumstances. Each of the provisions of these terms excluding or limiting liability will remain in force notwithstanding any termination of these terms or termination or suspension of your access to our mobile services.
No waiver of any rights by either you or us will be taken as a waiver of any other rights you or we may have. For example if we waive our rights to complain about a particular breach of these terms by you it does not prevent us from complaining about other breaches.
hese terms are governed by the laws of England and both you and we agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
These terms were last updated on 12 April 2007.