My general policies are laid out on this page, however I feel that it is important to have this section to deal with web design and the content of such sites that I create.

To contact Me please use the Feedback Form on My Web Site.

1. Definitions
"You/Your" means You, the user, "I/Me" means Ritchie Hicks. "Website" shall have the meaning as set out above. "User Information" means the personal details which may be provided by You to Me via the Ritchie Hicks Website. "Users" means the users of the Website collectively and/or individually as the context admits. "Website" means a site on the World Wide Web.

2. Acceptable Use
I insist that any use by You of the Ritchie Hicks Website shall be in accordance with the following conditions:
2.1 You must not post or transmit through the Ritchie Hicks Website any defamatory, threatening, obscene, harmful or pornographic material or material which would violate or infringe in any way upon the rights of others (including intellectual property rights, rights of confidentiality, or rights of privacy) or cause distress or inconvenience or which do not comply with all relevant laws. You must not express opinions that are vulgar, crude, sexist, racist or otherwise offensive. Always treat other users with respect.
2.2 You shall not post or otherwise make available on the Ritchie Hicks Website any material which You do not own without the express permission of the owner of the material.
2.3 You may not copy, download, reproduce, republish, broadcast, transmit in any manner whatsoever, any material on the Ritchie Hicks Website except as is strictly necessary for Your own personal non-commercial home use.

2.4 RitchieHicks.co.uk shall not be used by any employee of iomart Internet Ltd., or their subsideries. You must not use this website or continue any further if you are an employee, director, chairperson or have any other financial connection with Iomart Internet Ltd., and/or any other company related in any way whatsoever in any capacity possible to Iomart Internet Ltd., Internetters Ltd., UFINDUS or EasySpace. This is also related to reproduction in anyway whatsoever without the expressed permission of the owner of this web site and its pages, Ritchiehicks.co.uk.

3. Third Party Websites
3.1 You acknowledge and agree that I am not responsible for the availability of any third party Websites or material You access through the Ritchie Hicks Website, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or services on or available from such Websites or material, nor for any damage, loss or offence caused, or alleged to be caused, by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, advertising, products or services available on or available from such Websites or material.
3.2 Any dealings between You and any advertisers or merchants found on or via the Ritchie Hicks Web Site, including payment for and delivery of products, services and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations, associated with such dealings, are solely between You and the relevant advertiser or merchant. You agree not to hold me liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as the result of any such dealings.

4. Intellectual Property
4.1 All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the Ritchie Hicks Website shall remain at all times vested in Me or My licensors. You are permitted to use this material or content only as expressly authorised in writing by Me or My licensors and may not and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, commercially exploit or create derivative works of such material or content.
4.2 If You become aware of any such distribution or commercial exploitation, You agree to notify Me immediately.
4.3 You acknowledge that by posting materials on the Ritchie Hicks Website You grant to Me and My licensors and assigns an irrevocable, perpetual royalty free worldwide licence to use the materials within the Ritchie Hicks Website and in any other manner. The licence extends to copying, distributing, broadcasting, and otherwise transmitting, and adapting and editing the materials.

5.RitchieHicks.co.uk.'s Rights
5.1 Material which is posted on any bulletin boards or chat forums is written by Users and I am not responsible for and give no endorsement of such material. I reserve the right to monitor the contributions and may respond to or comment upon communications by You and edit, refuse to post or remove any content from the bulletin boards and chat forums in my absolute discretion. No failure to remove particular material constitutes an endorsement or acceptance of it by Me.
5.2 To the extent permitted by law, I make no warranties, express or implied, as to the content of the Ritchie Hicks Web Site or the accuracy, timing or reliability of any information or statements contained therein, or statements, advice and opinions given by Users on the bulletin boards and chat forums which are those of such Users only. I neither endorse nor shall be held responsible for the reliability or accuracy of the same and We are not responsible in any way for any injury, loss or damage which occurs as a result of an opinion expressed or information provided on the Ritchie Hicks Website. If You have any claim arising from the actions or statements of another User, You agree to pursue such a claim only against that User and not from Me.
5.3 I will endeavour to provide the Ritchie Hicks Website using all reasonable care. To the extent permitted by law, I exclude all implied warranties as to quality, accuracy or fitness and I do not warrant that the material contained in the Website, any of the functions contained in the Ritchie Hicks Website and the server will operate without interruption or delay or will be error free, free of viruses or bugs or is compatible with any other software or material.
5.4 I reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update these terms and conditions of use, and You agree to be bound by any such modifications, alterations or updates which are posted on the Ritchie Hicks Website.
5.5 I shall not be liable in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise for any loss or damage whatsoever in any way connected with Your use of the Ritchie Hicks Website, whether direct or indirect, including, damage to software or hardware, damage for loss of business, loss of profits, or any other consequential loss. Nothing in these terms or conditions shall exclude or limit My liability for death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of Me, our servants or agents.

6. Privacy
6.1 I shall comply with applicable UK Data Protection legislation from time to time in place in respect of any personal information relating to You gathered by Me.
6.2 You may be asked to input various basic information about yourself on different pages of Ritchie Hicks Website. At each location where information is requested there is a statement about the purpose for which that information will be used. I will not use the information given for any other purpose than that stated at each location or as set out in My Privacy Policy which sets out further information about our use of User Information.
6.3 Please use the Contact form on the Ritchie Hicks Website to notify Me of any changes to the information You have previously given or if You wish to withdraw Your consent to Me using the User Information for the stated purposes or for any form of promotional contact.

7. Safety
I give My ongoing commitment to ensuring through My policy of safety that You can use the Ritchie Hicks Website with confidence. When using the Ritchie Hicks Website, in particular any bulletin boards or chat forums, You should always take the following precautions:
7.1 keep Your identity private. Do not give out Your full name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, the name of your school or any other information (other than that specifically requested by Me), that could help someone discover Your actual identity;
7.2 never get together with someone You meet online.
7.3 do not reply to any messages that are hostile, rude or inappropriate, or in any way make you feel uncomfortable. Instead, let me know about them by emailing Me using the Feedback Form.

8. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify Me, and/or any of My affiliates and My and their officers, directors and employees, immediately on demand, against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, arising out of any breach of these terms and conditions by You or any other liabilities arising out of Your use of the Ritchie Hicks Website.

9. Termination
I shall have the right immediately to terminate Your use of the Ritchie Hicks Website if I determine in My sole discretion that You have breached these terms and conditions or otherwise been engaged in conduct which I determine in My sole discretion to be unacceptable.

10. Feedback
Should You wish to make any comments to me about the Ritchie Hicks Website or if you have any questions relating to the same please contact Me using the Feedback Form.

11. General
11.1 Invalidity etc
If any of these terms and conditions are determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the application of any law, such provisions shall be severed and deleted from these terms and conditions and the remainder of these terms and conditions shall continue to have full force and effect.

11.2 Governing Law

These terms and conditions are governed by English law and both You and I hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts