New Media Advertising Conditions
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AS THE CONDITIONS WILL
FORM THE BASIS OF THE CONTRACT FOR ADVERTISING IN OUR NEW MEDIA SERVICES.
1. Definitions
In these Conditions:
"Advertisement" means the advertisements referred to on the Advertisement
Order;
"Advertisement Order" means a document or electronic communication which
you complete and submit to us, under which you offer to purchase one or more Services from
us;
"Amendment" means a change to the Content of an Advertisement;
"Banner" means an online Advertisement linked to a website promoting your
goods and/or services as more particularly described on the Rate Card;
"Certificate"means a Domain Name registration certificate issued by a
Registry;
"Charges" means our charges for performing the Services;
"Click Through" means for the purpose of this Contract the action of
following a hyperlink within a Keyword Advertisement to another web site or another page or
frame within that web site;
"Conditions" means these contractual conditions;
"Confirmation of Order" means a document or electronic communication that
we issue to you to confirm acceptance or cancellation of your Advertisement Order;
"Content" means any and all of the text, graphics, images, logos,
photographs, layout, design, shading and colouration constituting or intended to be in an
Advertisement;
"Created Material" means any material or item created by us for you as
part of the provision of Services, including by way of example and not limitation the HTML
code for, or the screen designs of, a web site;
"Database" means an electronic database in which details relating to you
or Advertisements may be stored for the purposes of our providing the Services;
"Domain Name" means an internet domain name as may be registered through a
Registry;
"Effective Date" means the date on which the Services are first provided
by us to you or made available to Users;
"Financial Services Regulatory Regime" means the regime (regulated by the
Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and
other laws) which governs the conduct of business and the advertising and promotion of
financial products and services;
"IPRs" means (a) all copyrights, patents, rights in trade marks, design
rights, database rights, rights in know-how, trade secrets, rights in confidential
information (whether registered or unregistered); (b) applications for registration, and
the right to apply for registration, renewal, extension, division or reissue, for any of
these rights; (c) and all other intellectual property rights and equivalent or similar
forms of protection existing anywhere in the world;
"Keyword Advertisement" means an Advertisement displayed on Yell.com as a
result of the Keyword Service;
"Keyword Service" means the pay per click, bid-for position keyword
advertising service provided by us to you for the purchase of certain Services for a
flexible advertising period. The service is provided either on a pre-pay or post-pay
basis, at Yell's discretion;
"Malware" means any software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer
system, without the owner's informed consent, including but not limited to "trojans",
"worms", "logic bombs" and "cancelbots" as the same may be generally understood within the
computing industry from time to time and any other malicious and unwanted software;
"Pay-As-You-Go" means the method by which you may purchase certain
Services for a flexible advertising period;
"Proprietary Material" means any of your (or a third party's) copyrighted
material, brand names, trade or service marks, devices or logos;
"Rate Card" means a price list issued by us from time to time giving the
prices of certain Advertisements and other details relating to Yell.com services. You may
obtain a copy of the Rate Card from Yell Direct or from our sales representative;
"Register" means any one of the Domain Name registers, operated and
maintained by a Registry, comprising a Domain Name and registrant data;
"Registry" means any of the Domain Name registries or registrars operating
under the ICANN protocols;
"Services" means the services we agree to perform under a Contract;
"Third Party Data" means data we obtain for use under licence from third
party organisations and which may be used to assist in the provision of Services and which
may be displayed to Users in association with other material relating to you including by
way of example and not limitation cartographic data used to display location maps;
"us" means Yell Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under
number 04205228, whose registered office is at Queens Walk, Oxford Road, Reading,
Berkshire, England RG1 7PT; and "we" and "our" has a corresponding meaning;
"User" means a person who uses Yell.com;
"Yell.com" means the internet website currently located at the URL www.yell.com, which is owned and operated by us;
"Yell Direct" means the internet based facility currently located at the
URL www.yelldirect.com, or any such other successor
or replacement website, by and through which customers that have registered to use the
facility may order, cancel (if applicable), amend and/or pay for products and services and
manage their accounts with us;
"Yell Group" means Yell Limited and any holding company or subsidiary
company of it; and
"you" means the person, company or other organisation (named on the
Advertisement Order as the customer) who offers to purchase one or more Services or a
person, company or other organisation who or which enters into a Contract with us for the
provision of Services; and "your" shall have a corresponding meaning.
2. The Contract, Commencement and Duration
2.1 When you order Services from us, you enter into a Contract, with us. The Contract
is made up of:
- these Conditions;
- the Rate Card;
- Confirmation of Order; and
- the Advertisement Order.
2.2 In the case of conflict between any of these documents, priority shall be given in
the order in which they appear above. The Contract applies to the exclusion of all other
written or verbal representations. Except as expressly provided in these Conditions, none
of our employees or agents have authority to agree any change to a Contract, or make
representations other than those contained within authorised Yell policies or materials.
2.3 The Contract shall not be formed unless and until we send you a Confirmation of
Order.
2.4 Unless it is terminated earlier in accordance with these Conditions, the Contract
will continue for:
- in relation to each of the Services, the duration specified in the Rate Card for such
Services, such duration commencing on the Effective Date; or
- where no duration is specified in the Rate Card or as in the case of the Keyword
Service, until the provision of the Services has been fulfilled.
3. Our Responsibilities
3.1 Subject to these Conditions, we shall:
- endeavour to make Yell.com available to Users; and
- provide or arrange the provision of the Services using the reasonable skill and care of
a competent provider of services of the types of Services ordered.
4. Your Responsibilities
4.1 Subject to these Conditions, you shall:
- pay our Charges for each Service you have ordered in accordance with Condition 7;
- send to us any Content that we require from you;
- where the nature of a Service requires your periodic attention, including without
limitation file clearing and maintenance to your own computer hardware or systems to
receive or maintain that Service, perform and take such appropriate steps;
- ensure that all Content provided to us by you is legal, decent, honest and truthful,
and complies with: (i) The British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct
Marketing; (ii) any and all guidance, codes or other regulations made available by any
competent authority having jurisdiction over or responsibility for the regulation of
advertising, including, without limitation, Ofcom, the Independent Committee for the
Supervision of Telephone Information Services, or the Advertising Standards Authority; and
(iii) our advertisement policies, which are available on Yell Direct or which can be
obtained from our sales representative;
- ensure that all Content provided to us complies in all respects with the provisions of
all statutes and statutory instruments applicable to any Advertisement intended for display
on a Service, (including without limitation) the Trade Description Act 1968, the Consumer
Credit Act 1974, Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976, the Surrogacy
Arrangements Act 1985, Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA"), FSMA (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 and the Consumer Credit (Advertisements) Regulations 2004;
- ensure that all and any requests for Amendments to your Advertisement are made to Yell
in writing on your own business stationery (communications sent using corporate email
accounts are acceptable), or by using Yell Direct. Yell does not accept any liability or
responsibility for failure to action a request for Amendment where such request is, in
Yell's reasonable opinion, garbled, indecipherable, unclear or has not been received by
Yell;
- supply all Content in a suitable format as specified on Yell.com; and
- ensure that all electronic files have been produced using properly licensed software
and are free from Malware.
4.2 To the extent that that the provision of Services relates to an Advertisement that
is linked to a website designated by you, you grant to us the right to fully access and
index such website, or any portion thereof, by automated means including web 'spiders' or
'crawlers' except where technical measures have been employed preventing such access.
4.3 If your activities, conduct, advertising or promotion fall within the Financial
Services Regulatory Regime, you must:
- complete and sign a Credit and Financial Services Advertising Customer Declaration
("CFSA Customer Declaration"), which is available on Yell Direct or from our sales
representative; and
- fully comply with the additional terms and conditions on the CFSA Customer
Declaration.
4.4 You hereby agree, undertake and warrant that if you place an Advertisement Order
or otherwise request the display of any Advertisement using our Service which consists of
or includes a financial promotion (other than a financial promotion to which an exemption
under the FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 applies), you will ensure that prior to
first display of the relevant Advertisement on our Service, the Content of each such
Advertisement will have been approved in writing for the purposes of s21 of FSMA by a
person authorised by the Financial Services Authority.
4.5 If you place an Advertisement Order or otherwise request the display of any Content
which consists of or includes anything within the Financial Services Regulatory Regime,
within seven days of a request from us, you must provide or arrange the provision of:
- proof that you are authorised by the Financial Services Authority or that you are an
appointed representative as indicated in the CSFA Customer Declaration: and
- a certified copy of the authorised person's written approval as required by Condition
4.4; or
- an explanation of the applicable exemption or other reason why s21(1) of FSMA does not
apply.
We may make such a request any time after submission of your Advertisement Order, until 24
months after the date on which your Advertisement was first displayed on our Service.
4.6 You hereby agree, undertake and warrant that if you place an Advertisement Order or
otherwise request display of any Content which consists of or includes content governed by
the Consumer Credit (Advertisements) Regulations 2004 ("CCAR"):
- you hold any credit licence as may be required pursuant to the Consumer Credit Act
1974;
- the final Content to be displayed by us in an Advertisement complies in each and every
respect with the CCAR, and any amendments, re-enactments or substitutions in force as at
the proposed date that the Advertisement is to be first displayed on the Service has been
certified as compliant and suitable for display on our Service by a person of appropriate
expertise; and
- any Annual Percentage Rate ("APR"), including any typical APR, in the Content:
- has been calculated, as at the commencement date of the publication period set out in
the CFSA Customer Declaration, in accordance with the provisions of the CCAR and any
amendments, re-enactments or substitutions in force; and
- has been certified as correct and suitable for display on our Service in writing by a
person of appropriate expertise such as your auditor, compliance officer or chartered
accountant.
- you will notify us immediately if you become aware of any event or matter occurring
between the date the signed CFSA Customer Declaration is submitted to us and the last day
of the publication period shown on the CFSA Customer Declaration which causes, or could
cause, the display of the Content or any part of the Content in an Advertisement to
constitute an offence under s46(1) and/or s47(1) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
4.7 Further if you place an Advertisement Order or otherwise request publication of any
Content which consists of or includes content governed by the CCAR, within seven days of a
request from us, you will provide or arrange the provision of:
- proof that you are licensed by the Office of Fair Trading in accordance with Condition
4.6(a);
- a certified copy of the certificate of compliance in accordance with Condition 4.6(b);
and/or
- a certified copy of the calculations carried out in accordance with Condition
4.6(c)(i)and the written certification in accordance with Condition 4.6(c)(ii).
We may make such a request any time after submission of your Advertisement Order, until 24
months after the date on which your Advertisement was first displayed on our Service.
4.8 Even though a Contract is in place between you and us, we may refuse to publish any
Advertisement or any part thereof where:
- we consider that the Content is contrary to or infringes the terms of any law or the
right of any person or that it may mislead members of the public or that members of the
public might find it offensive prejudicial or inflammatory or that it is likely to subject
us to prosecution, criticism or embarrassment; and/or
- you have failed to provide any information or document requested by us pursuant to
Condition 4.5 (a) and/or Condition 4.7;
- you have notified us that the display of Content on our Service submitted with a CFSA
Customer Declaration may constitute an offence under s46(1) and/or s47(1) of the Consumer
Credit Act 1974 pursuant to Condition 4.7 and you fail to provide suitably amended, and
(where relevant) certified, Content within the time specified by us or where such
notification has been given in insufficient time to enable us to process any amendment to
the Content before the commencement of the publication period of an Advertisement as set
out in the CFSA Customer Declaration.
4.9 We reserve the right to delete any Proprietary Material from an Advertisement where
we have reasonable grounds to believe that the owner or controller of such Proprietary
Material has withheld or withdrawn permission for your use of the same. In these
circumstances, deletion shall not be deemed to be a breach of our obligations under the
Contract.
4.10 You warrant that, where any Advertisement contains indications, offers and
promotions that are time sensitive including, by way of example and not by way of
limitation, prices, those indications, offers and promotions will be presented in a way so
as not to mislead users of our Services.
4.11 Call Counter Geo Service
- 4.11.1 If you have ordered a product for 12 months we may make available to you a
telephone number(s) ("Call Counter Geo Number") for at least 12 months using our reasonable
endeavours from the Effective Date (the "Minimum Period") for use exclusively in the
nominated Yell.com advertisement, as set out in the
Advertisement Order.
- 4.11.2 Call Counter Geo Numbers are not permitted for use in Business Pages or 118 24 7
nor are the
Call Counter Geo Numbers permitted to be used other than in the advertisement nominated on
the Advertisement Order. Persons calling the Call Counter Geo Number will be connected to
you via your existing fixed line telephone number as nominated by you on the Advertisement
Order.
- 4.11.3 The Call Counter Geo Service will, using our reasonable endeavours, commence
from the Effective Date as stated on the Advertisement Order Form and will continue for the
Minimum Period. For the purposes of this Clause "Call Counter Geo Service" means the
service provided to you to monitor the effectiveness of the Advertisements nominated by you
for the Call Counter Geo Service, such service may be enhanced or modified from time to
time in our reasonable discretion.
- 4.11.4 In the event that you request and we agree to the provision of a Call Counter
Geo Number the following shall apply:
- we shall be entitled to pass details of your existing fixed line telephone numbers to
our telecommunication supplier for the purposes of facilitating the connection of calls
made to the Call Counter Geo Number to your
fixed line;
- we shall be entitled to access and view all call statistics relating to calls made to
the Call Counter Geo Number and to use aggregated data for our own research and for
inclusion in marketing, publicity and promotional material;
- data shared with you relating to the Call Counter Geo Service will be disclosed at our
sole discretion and in such format that we deem appropriate;
- you will not acquire any rights, including any goodwill, in the Call Counter Geo
Number. However we will not release the Call Counter Geo Number to any third party until
the end of the Minimum Period;
- you will include the Call Counter Geo Number in the Advertisement nominated on the
Advertisement Order and you agree that you will not make use of, nor promote the Call
Counter Geo Number in any other publication, in any other media (whether or not owned by
us), or on your own stationery, or on vehicles or other property, nor transfer its use to
third parties; and
- we are under no obligation, and do not guarantee that we will continue, to provide the
Call Counter Geo Number to you for any Advertisement on any subsequent renewal of the
Contract.
- 4.11.5 Our liability under or in connection with the provision of the Call Counter Geo
Number, no matter how it may arise, shall not, in respect of each Advertisement, exceed the
price of the relevant Advertisement.
- 4.11.6 Allocation of Call Counter Geo Numbers is subject to availability and
eligibility, and if we are unable
to allocate Call Counter Geo Numbers to you in accordance with these conditions, the
Advertisements will be set live with the fixed line telephone number set out in the
Advertisement Order.
- 4.11.7 Our Call Counter Geo Service is provided to you, free of charge for the purpose
of monitoring the effectiveness of the Advertisement. Accordingly, subject to the Minimum
Period, the Call Counter Geo Number will be withdrawn and re-allocated should you decide in
the future, either to withdraw from the Call Counter Geo Service, or not to renew the
Advertisements.
- 4.11.8 We reserve the right to allocate different Call Counter Geo Numbers to those set
out in an Advertisement Order prior to or at the Effective Date in the event of an
operational issue arising such that it is necessary to allocate different Call Counter Geo
Numbers. Subject to Condition 4.11.1, we reserve the right to terminate a Call Counter Geo
Service at any time for any reason.
- 4.11.9 Only the Call Counter Geo Number(s) and a fax or mobile number may be used in
the Advertisement nominated for Call Counter Geo Services. The purpose of our Call Counter
Geo Service is to prove the effectiveness of Yell.com advertising and therefore no fixed
line number other than the Call Counter Geo Number will be published in an Advertisement
under a Call Counter Geo Service.
- 4.11.10 We may set up a divert message service for Call Counter Geo Number(s) if an
operational issue arises after the Effective Date.
5. Domain Name Registration
5.1 Where the provision of Services requires us to register a Domain Name we shall:
- act as your agent in dealing and liaising with the relevant Registry;
- endeavour to secure your preferred choice of Domain Name in the order of preference
specified in your Advertisement Order;
- pay to the Registry the appropriate registration fee and, if appropriate any renewal
fees;
- arrange for the Registry to:
- process the application for the registration of the Domain Name and consider whether to
accept or reject it in accordance with the criteria laid down in the rules of that Registry
in force at the time of the application;
- enter your Domain Name and other relevant details in the Register and issue a
Certificate if applicable; and
- issue an invoice in accordance with Condition 7.1 upon registration of your Domain
Name, such invoice will act as our notification to you that your Domain Name has been
registered.
5.2 When registering or renewing the registration of a Domain Name you understand and
accept that we will be acting as your agent for such purposes and you appoint us as agent
for such purposes. Accordingly you will be bound by the terms and conditions, rules and
procedures applicable to registrants of the Registries. Details of terms and conditions,
rules and procedures relating to registration, renewal, surrender, transfer and dispute
resolution of the Registries concerned are available on request from us or directly from
the Registries. In the case of the registration of a ".uk" Domain Name, the official
Registry is Nominet UK ("
Nominet") and you will be entering into a
contract with Nominet upon and subject to Nominet's terms and conditions. Nominet's terms
and conditions are available on request from Nominet or us and may be viewed online at
Nominet's site at www.nominet.org.uk. In respect of all other domain name registrations you
will be entering into a contract with Melbourne IT upon and subject to Melbourne IT's terms
and conditions or with such other Registry as used by us from time to time. Melbourne IT's
terms and conditions are available on request from Melbourne IT or us and may be viewed
online at Melbourne IT's site at www.melbourneit.com.au.
5.3 We will inform you of the Registry at which your Domain Name has been registered.
Following registration, you must promptly notify the Registry of any:
- change to your registered details; and
- actual or threatened proceedings brought in respect of the name used as a Domain Name
whether by or against you.
5.4 You must ensure that the details submitted by you for the purpose of your Domain
Name registration (and any future additions or modifications to such details) are true and
accurate.
5.5 We may disclose to the relevant Registry such of your details as may be required to
complete the registration of a Domain Name. You acknowledge that the Register will include
a number of details relating to you. This information (if it refers to individuals) may be
considered "personal data" for the purposes of data protection legislation. Registries may
allow other organisations and members of the public to access their Register for the
purpose of obtaining information about the registration of the Domain Name or any other
related purpose. You expressly consent to such disclosure.
5.6 If none of your preferred choices of Domain Name are available we will advise you
and the Contract in respect of your Domain Name registration will immediately terminate.
You shall not be liable to pay us any Charges in these circumstances and we shall have no
further liability to you.
5.7 We make no representation that any of your preferred Domain Names are available or
capable of being registered. Any action taken by you before notification by us that a
Domain Name has been officially registered or before you have received a Certificate is at
your own risk.
5.8 Unless otherwise specified on the Rate Card the Charges for Domain Name
registration provide for an initial registration period of two years. After that, the
Domain Name registration may be renewed with the relevant Registry.
5.9 You accept and agree that you are solely responsible for all Domain Name renewals
and we shall not be liable for any loss incurred by you and arising as a result of your
failure to renew. Upon written request, we may at our discretion agree to arrange for the
renewal of your Domain Names subject to: (a) payment of the renewal fees, and our Charges
applicable from time to time; (b) these Conditions; and (c) the then current terms and
conditions of the Registry in question.
5.10 We will not provide the renewal services described in Condition 5.9 to any third
party to whom you may have transferred rights in the Domain Name.
5.11 You may surrender or cancel the registration of the Domain Name in accordance with
the procedures of the relevant Registry. In the event of surrender or cancellation, you are
not entitled to any refund of any fees or Charges you may have paid to us.
5.12 To the extent permitted by the relevant Registry, you may transfer the registration
of the Domain Name.
5.13 We shall have no liability in respect of your use of the Domain Name and in
particular for any conflict with third party trade marks, registered or unregistered, or
any other rights. If any dispute between you and any third party arises, we may withhold,
suspend or cancel the Domain Name registration. We may make representations to the relevant
Registry but will not be obliged to take part in any such dispute.
5.14 You warrant and undertake that neither the registration of the Domain Name nor the
manner in which the Domain Name is used infringes our rights or the rights of any third
party. You undertake not to include any trade mark or brand of the Yell Group of
companies in any part in your Domain Name. Our and the Registry's remedies under this
warranty will continue to be available after completion of the registration process and
notwithstanding any subsequent surrender, cancellation or transfer of the Domain Name.
5.15 In respect of Services for the application and registration of Domain Names, you
will at all times and on demand fully indemnify us, the Registry and the Registry's
officers and employees from and against any claim (including reasonable costs and expenses,
however they may arise, incurred in defending or dealing with such claim) that the
application or registration of the Domain Name or the manner in which the Domain Name is
directly or indirectly used infringes the rights of any third party (except for claims
arising from our or the Registry's negligence or breach of the Contract).
5.16 If a Contract for Domain Name registration is terminated for any reason arising
under Condition 13, in addition to our rights to recover any monies owing to us, you
authorise us, without prior notice to you, to surrender or cancel the Domain Name, retain
the Domain Name for our own use, or transfer the Domain Name to a third party.
5.17 You acknowledge and agree that in accordance with the relevant Registry's terms and
conditions, Registries may cancel the registration or suspend the delegation of a Domain
Name in exceptional circumstances by notice in writing to you. Exceptional circumstances
include in particular, where to maintain the registration would put the Registry in
conflict with statutory obligations or the terms of a court order or where the registration
or use of the Domain Name conflicts with the Registry's rules in force from time to time.
In the case of such cancellation or suspension, you are not entitled to any refund of any
fees or charges you may have paid to us.
6. Keyword Advertisement Services
6.1 When you submit an Advertisement Order for the Keyword Service, we may display,
transmit and promote the Keyword Advertisement and resulting visitors to your website shall
have the right to access any material or services linked to/from that Keyword
Advertisement.
6.2 For the purpose of these Conditions, the number of Click Throughs shall be
exclusively calculated by us. Unless there is manifest error on our part, you acknowledge
and agree that Click Through statistics provided by us are the official, definitive
measurement of Keyword Advertisement activity and that no other measurements or usage
statistics (including those of a third party or your own) will be accepted by us.
6.3 If a Keyword Advertisement does not generate a Click Through within a six (6) month
period from the commencement date of the then current Advertisement Order then we may at
our discretion: (a) remove or otherwise prevent the display of the Keyword Advertisement on
our Services including, without limitation, Yell.com; and/or (b) terminate the Contract
relating to those Services.
6.4 We will charge you each time Users Click Through to the website associated with
your Keyword Advertisement. Minimum bid prices apply to the Keyword Service and details are
available on Yell Direct.
6.5 You accept that Keyword Advertisements will be displayed against singulars,
plurals, verb stems abbreviations or full forms association with the keywords chosen by you
unless otherwise agreed with you in writing.
6.6 Keyword Advertisements are intended as being factual summaries of the activities of
your website. We are not responsible in any way for the website designated in respect of a
particular Keyword Advertisement and we shall not be liable to you for the consequences of
any failure by you or of any other party in respect of the website designated in respect of
a particular Keyword Advertisement. You accept that we have the right without reference to
you, to remove characters from the submitted Keyword Advertisement aimed at highlighting
it, to modify the submitted Keyword Advertisement for spelling mistakes, to modify the
Keyword Advertisement to conform with our guidelines or to reject the Keyword Advertisement
(whether in whole or in part) if basic modifications cannot be made. You are solely
responsible for all keywords, their associate matching options, listing copy and URLs,
whether generated by or for you.
6.7 You accept that where listings have been submitted to us, or where instructions
have been given to us to change the listings on your behalf, it is your sole responsibility
to verify that modifications have been made correctly. You should advise us immediately of
any error or omissions.
6.8 We may investigate your online activities, account and any Advertisement Order that
you place with us, for click-fraud or other such invalid click activity. You undertake to
provide us with reasonable assistance in all such matters.
7. Payment
7.1 Save as set out in Condition 7.2, we will send you an invoice for the Charges and
(in the absence of any other specific arrangement between you and us in relation to your
Advertisement Order) you must pay us the whole amount shown on demand.
7.2 We will not send you an invoice for pre-pay Keyword Services or Pay-As-You-Go
Advertisements to a physical postal address however will make your invoice available for
you to access online via your Yell Direct account and via email. You are responsible for
accessing your Yell Direct account and checking your invoices for those Services.
7.3 Charges for Pay-As-You-Go Advertisements will be calculated by us by multiplying
our daily rate for the relevant Service by the number of days comprising the advertising
period or period that you choose to display your Advertisement. Details of the then
current daily rate Charges will be made available to you upon request.
7.4 Where the Keyword Service is made available on a pre-pay basis, an initial set-up
fee shall apply in addition to other Charges applicable to the Keyword Service. We will
publish details of those Charges at Yell Direct or otherwise notify you of such set-up fee
prior to accepting your Advertisement Order for a pre-pay Keyword Service.
7.5 Charges are in Pound Sterling (£) exclusive of VAT which, if payable, will be added
to your invoice and which you must pay in addition.
7.6 Payment shall mean the receipt by us at our principal place of business (or
elsewhere as we may direct) of cash, or the crediting to our bank account of a cheque or
money transferred electronically or through the clearing bank's BACS system.
7.7 If a reduction is shown in respect of a promotional offer on an Advertisement Order
and you continue to meet all the terms of eligibility relating to that promotional offer
then the Charges shall be reduced by the amount shown but not otherwise. Terms of
eligibility of promotional offers will be made available on request.
8. Limitation of Liability
8.1 You acknowledge and agree that computer and telecommunications systems are not
uninterrupted or fault free and we do not make any representation or warranty in relation
to such systems. You further acknowledge and agree that occasional periods of downtime for
repair, maintenance and upgrading may be required and we cannot therefore guarantee
uninterrupted provision of Services. We will take all commercially reasonable steps to
minimise any such periods of interruption or non-availability.
8.2 You acknowledge and agree that we make no warranty and give no representation of
any kind in relation to Third Party Data and we accept no responsibility or liability for
inaccuracy in or arising out of Third Party Data.
8.3 Nothing in the Contract shall limit or exclude liability in respect of death or
personal injury caused by negligence, or fraudulent misrepresentation.
8.4 Save as provided in this Condition 8, we shall not be liable, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, for any of the following losses or damage (whether
arising in contract, tort (including negligence) strict liability, or otherwise, and
whether such losses or damage were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise):
- 8.4.1 loss of revenue;
- 8.4.2 loss of actual or anticipated profits (including for loss of profits on
contracts);
- 8.4.3 loss of anticipated savings;
- 8.4.4 loss of business;
- 8.4.5 loss of opportunity;
- 8.4.6 loss of goodwill;
- 8.4.7 loss of reputation;
- 8.4.8 loss of, damage to or corruption of data or software;
- 8.4.9 wasted expenditure; or
- 8.4.10 any indirect or consequential loss or damage (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, where such loss or damage is of the type specified in Conditions 8.4.1 to
8.4.9).
8.5 Save as provided in Condition 8.3, our entire liability under the Contract shall
not exceed the total Charges paid by you for the Service that is the subject of the claim.
8.6 All conditions and warranties stated in the Contract shall replace all other
conditions, warranties or other terms concerning the supply or purported supply of, failure
to supply or delay in supplying the Services which but for this Condition 8.6 have effect
between us and you or would otherwise be implied into or incorporated into the Contract,
whether by statute, common law or otherwise, all of which shall be excluded to the maximum
extent permitted by law (including, without limitation, the implied conditions, or
warranties).
8.7 Save as provided in Condition 8.3, if we make an error in, or omission of or from
an Advertisement (provided that such error or omission does not arise as a result of a
failure by you to comply with your obligations under the Contract), we will correct this as
soon as reasonably practicable upon receipt of written notification and without charge to
you. Further, we may reduce the Charges for such Service as is fair and reasonable having
regard to the nature of the error or omission or extend the duration of the Contract
without charge to you. Save as provided above, this represents the full extent of our
liability to you in respect of errors in or omissions from Advertisements.
8.8 Save as set out in the Contract, if we fail to comply with our obligations under
the Contract as a result of an event outside of our reasonable control, we will have no
liability to you as a result of such failure. We will promptly notify you as soon as
reasonably practicable (and in any case, within fourteen (14) days) and we will take all
reasonable steps to eliminate or mitigate the consequences of such an event, and where
relevant, resume performance of our obligations affected by that event as soon as
practicable.
9. Indemnities
9.1 You will at all times and on demand fully indemnify us and keep us fully
indemnified from and against any losses, and/or liabilities in relation to any proceedings,
claims, demands, damages, fines, costs, expenses and charges, which are incurred or
suffered by us or our employees or agents arising out of your conduct, including, but not
limited to, any breach of the Contract claims, threatened or made against us arising as a
result of your non-compliance with any of your representations, warranties or obligations
set out in the Contract.
10. Changes to the Services
10.1 We are committed to the constant improvement of our products and services.
Notwithstanding our right to suspend or terminate the Services in accordance with
Conditions 11 and 13, we may modify Yell.com or any of the Services from time to time
without prior notice but in so doing we will try not to diminish the value and utility of
the Services to any material degree. If we consider, acting reasonably, that such
modification is likely to have a serious detrimental effect on your financial position, we
will notify you of such modification and you shall have the option to:
- agree to the modification and continue to receive the Services; or
- terminate the Services and you will be entitled to a refund of that part of any Charges
you have already paid to us and which relates to a period after the date that the Services
have terminated.
10.2 We may from time to time amend these Conditions. Save where we are acting because
of a legal requirement or a court order, the updated version of the Conditions will be made
available on Yell Direct, together with their effective date. You agree to visit Yell Direct
regularly to find out about any changes. If you do not agree with any legal change to these
Conditions you may notify us in writing within fourteen (14)days of the date of the notice
being posted on Yell Direct to terminate the Contract, and thereafter, we will give you a
proportionate refund of the Charges for the remaining period.
11. Suspension of the Services
11.1 Without prejudice to any other rights we may have, we may suspend the Services in
whole or part, and without notice, in circumstances where:
- 11.1.1 we (in our sole discretion) consider the Advertisement or other material
(including without limitation a weblink or your linked website) is unlawful, misleading,
offensive, prejudicial or inflammatory; is likely to expose us to claims or liability, lead
us into prosecution, criticism, or disrepute or cause us embarrassment; infringes our
rights or the rights of third parties or does not comply with our then current advertising
guidelines and policies, including the Yell.com pay per click keyword editorial
guidelines, (a copy of which we will provide on request) or if the display of an
Advertisement or other material does or would, in our reasonable opinion, be likely to
mislead, offend, or disadvantage a User or otherwise misrepresents the nature of the goods
or service being advertised or the place or places from which you conduct business; or
- 11.1.2 you fail to pay our Charges in accordance with Condition 7; or
- 11.1.3 we have reasonable grounds to believe that the rights' owner of any IPRs
within the Content of your Advertisement or material has withheld, withdrawn or failed to
give his permission for your use of the same.
11.2 You may notify us in writing that you want us to permanently remove your
Advertisement from display on Yell.com. We will endeavour to action this request as soon as
is reasonably practical. You are not discharged from your obligations to pay the full
amount of the Charges contracted for, notwithstanding the removal of an Advertisement.
11.3 Any period during which we may suspend the Services will continue until the
circumstances giving rise to our right to suspend the Services ceases to subsist or until
the Contract is terminated in accordance with Condition 13.
11.4 In the event we take action under Conditions 11.1.1 to 11.1.3, you will continue to
be obliged to pay any Charges owing or that arise during the period when the Service is
suspended.
12. IPRs
12.1 You warrant that you:
- 12.1.1 are the owner of all IPRs in all Content provided to us; or
- 12.1.2 you have been duly authorised to use such IPRs and to allow us to use them
on your behalf;
12.2 You grant Yell a worldwide, perpetual, fully paid up, non-exclusive licence (with
right to sublicence) to reproduce, use, make available, display, publish, adapt,
distribute, modify, transmit, stream, download and disclose such IPRs for the purposes of:
(a) providing the Services to you; and (b) making available and displaying Advertisements
by any means, and across any media (whether now known or invented after the date of a
Contract) on services and information offered by Yell Group to third parties.
12.3 Where Content comprises in whole or in part material that has previously been
published in other media such as, by way of example and not limitation, printed
directories, you warrant that you have all rights, authority, licences and consents
necessary to order the reproduction of that material in the media channel that is the
subject of the Advertisement Order.
12.4 We may:
- 12.4.1 disclose to such persons as we reasonably consider to be the owner of IPRs
in Content provided by you, your intention to use such IPRs and you give your irrevocable
consent to such disclosure;
- 12.4.2 ask you to provide us with suitable documentary evidence that will
reasonably satisfy us of your entitlement to make use of IPRs, and to permit us to make use
of IPRs on your behalf, and you agree to provide such evidence upon request.
12.5 Nothing in these Conditions provides for any transfer or assignment of ownership of
any IPRs. We own all IPRs in Yell.com and the Database. All IPRs in Created Material, shall
be owned by us, whether or not the Created Material is derived or developed from material
supplied as Content. Ownership of the IPRs in Created Material does not pass to you and you
will not be entitled to use Created Material in any form or in any media unless otherwise
provided in this Contract.
13. Termination
13.1 Without prejudice to Conditions 10 and 11, we may terminate any or all of the
Service or part thereof, at any time by providing you not less than fourteen (14) days
notice of such termination. In the event of such termination, you will be entitled to a
refund of that part of any Charge you have already paid to us and which relates to a period
after the date that the Services or part thereof have terminated.
13.2 We may terminate all or part of the Services with immediate effect by giving
written notice to you if:
- 13.2.1 you commit a material breach of any provision of the Contract, or a series
of breaches of the Contract which when taken together amount to a material breach of the
Contract, provided that in the case of a breach which is capable of remedy you fail to
remedy the breach within fourteen (14) days of receiving a written request to do so;
- 13.2.2 you cease or threaten to cease to carry on the whole or any part of its
business or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due;
- 13.2.3 if you are a limited company, you convene a meeting of your creditors or a
resolution is passed or proposed for your voluntary winding up or a petition for your
compulsory winding up is presented or proposed; if you are a person, firm or a partnership,
you, or any one of you, convene a meeting of your creditors or a resolution is passed or
proposed for an individual voluntary arrangement for you or any one of you, or a petition
for your, or any one of your, bankruptcy is presented or proposed;
- 13.2.4 an administrator, receiver, manager or supervisor of a composition or
scheme is appointed or applied for; by you or any one of you;
- 13.2.5 you undergo a change in control (other than as a result of reorganisation,
amalgamation or reconstruction without insolvency);
- 13.2.6 you are the subject of a receiving order in bankruptcy (or in Scotland are
sequestrated or in Northern Ireland are adjudicated bankrupt) or suffer execution,
distress, any form of diligence or seizure to be levied or effected on or against your
premises, assets or effects; or
- 13.2.7 we suffer from any event or circumstance which is beyond our reasonable
control or which it could not reasonably be expected to have taken into account at the date
of the Contract, and which results in or causes our failure to perform any or all of our
obligations under the Contract.
13.3 Where Services are made available to you on a try-before-you-buy basis, you are
entitled to terminate those specific Services upon giving notice to Yell on or before the
opt out date applicable to those Services. The opt out date will be stated on your
Advertisement Order. If we do not receive your notice of termination on or before the opt
out date then no further cancellation option is available to you for those Services.
13.4 Conditions 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 and 16 survive termination of a Contract.
14. Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971
You acknowledge and agree that any Advertisement Orders requiring the inclusion of an
Advertisement or other details relating to you in a Database may constitute an entry in a
directory within the meaning of Section 3 of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 as
amended from time to time and that the Advertisement Order shall be construed as the note
of agreement required by the same Section 3.
15. General
15.1 You shall not assign or otherwise dispose of all or any of your rights or
obligations under the Contract without obtaining our prior written consent.
15.2 Failure of either party to assert its rights in relation to any breach of the
Contract shall not constitute a waiver of such rights, nor will any such waiver be implied.
15.3 Each provision of these Conditions shall be construed separately and shall be
severable from these Conditions. If any provision of these Conditions (or portion thereof)
is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the
remainder of these Conditions will not be affected or impaired.
15.4 The headings of these Conditions are for convenience only.
15.5 Any communication to be given in connection with the matters contemplated by the
Contract shall, except where expressly provided otherwise, be in writing and shall either
be delivered by hand or sent by first class pre-paid recorded post. Delivery by courier
shall be regarded as delivery by hand. Any notices served under the Contract shall be
deemed to have been served as follows:
- 15.5.1 if personally delivered to the registered office of one of the parties, on
delivery; and
- 15.5.2 if sent by first class pre-paid recorded post, 48 hours after the same was
delivered to the postal authorities.
15.6 Each party agrees that in entering into the Contract it has not relied on, and
shall have no remedy in respect of, any statement, representation, warranty or
understanding (whether negligently or innocently made) of any person (whether party to the
Contract or not) other than as expressly set out in the Contract for which its sole remedy
shall be for breach of contract under the terms of the Contract. Nothing in this Condition
shall, however, operate to limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
15.7 A person who is not a party to the Contract shall have no right under the Contracts
(Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms. We contract in our own
name, on our own behalf and for the benefit of all other members of Yell Group. Each member
of Yell Group shall be entitled to enforce the terms of this Contract in its own right.
15.8 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between you and us with respect to
the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior discussions, agreement or understanding
between you and us.
15.9 We may disclose to third parties any address at which you conduct business and
which is known to us, whether or not the same is displayed in Advertisements. You consent
to such disclosure.
15.10 At our sole discretion we may accept requests to process Advertisement Orders by
electronic means and other technologies (whether now known or invented in future) provided
always that you fully comply with our guidance and instructions applicable to those
processes. Yell is neither liable to you, nor responsible for: (1) incomplete, lost,
garbled, or misdirected Advertisement Orders; or (2) your failure to fully comply with
guidance and instructions issued by us.
16. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The Contract is made and shall be subject to the laws of England and the parties submit to
the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
Effective as at: 15th May 2008