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You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.

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How to complain about content uploaded by other users

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Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

Whether you are a consumer or a business user:

• We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

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• use of, or inability to use, our site; or
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• loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
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• any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

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How we may use your personal information

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

Uploading content to our site

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us [and other users of our site] a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you license to us are described in Rights you are giving us to use material you upload.

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We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

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We do not store terrorist content.

Rights you are giving us to use material you upload

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In addition, we may sub-license licence content that you upload to third parties (for example, other users, partners or advertisers) to use the content for their purposes or in accordance with the functionality of our site.

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You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

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Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

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If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

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Our trade marks are registered

"Alphablocks" and "Numberblocks" are [UK] registered trade marks of Alphablocks Limited.  The copyright in all characters and illustrations is owned  copyright You are not permitted to use them without our approval, unless they are part of material you are using as permitted under How you may use material on our site.

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ALPHABLOCKS PRIZE DRAW TERMS & CONDITIONS (“RULES”)

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1. PRIZE DRAWS

Entrants will be given the chance to enter (“Entry” or “Entries”) prize draws (“Draw(s)”), promoted, organised/or facilitated by Alphablocks (and under its various brands and trading names) from time-to-time. These Rules set out how entrants can submit a valid Entry for a chance to be offered prizes offered to the winners of the Draws. Please read these Rules carefully, as they govern your participation in the Draws. By entering the Draws you are accepting and agreeing to these Rules.

2. THE PROMOTER

The promoter and organiser of the Draws is ALPHABLOCKS LIMITED, a company registered in England & Wales, with registered office at Acre House, 11/15 William Road, London, NW1 3ER (company number 07467129) (“Alphablocks” “we” “us” “our”).

3. HOW TO ENTER AND ENTRY RULES

3.1 To enter the Draws, you must do the following through the relevant pages provided about the Competition and in accordance with the instructions and entry requirements set out in these Rules and in our social media posts about the Draws (the “Posts”).

3.2 Subject to these Rules, Entries can be made by:

a) Following the instructions in our Posts about the Competition;

b) Following us on our social media channels (Alphablocks Facebook, Numberblocks Facebook, Alphablocks Instagram, Numberblocks Instagram, Alphablocks Twitter and Numberblocks Twitter);

c) Sharing (according to each social media platform) the Posts relating to each specific Draw;

d) Answer the questions in our questionnaire.

3.3 No purchase is necessary to enter the Draws and there is no charge from us.

3.4 In order to participate, you will require a compatible device to enter through (e.g. your mobile phone), an internet connection and an account with the relevant social media platform we may collect Entries in connection with (e.g. a Twitter, Facebook or Instagram account).

3.5 By submitting an Entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these Rules.

4. ELIGIBILITY

4.1 The Competitions are open to all residents in the UK aged 18 years or over, except:

a) employees of Alphablocks or its holding or subsidiary companies;

b) employees of agents or suppliers of Alphablocks or its holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; or

c) members of the immediate families or households of (a) and (b) above.

4.2 Entries are strictly limited to one per person.

4.3 Employees of Alphablocks (or any other companies or organisations connected to Alphablocks or any of the related companies or other entities etc.), affiliates, subsidiaries and immediate family or household members are not eligible to participate in the Draws.

4.4 There is a limit of one Entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person over the age of 18 will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.

4.5 Alphablocks reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Draws in Alphablocks’ reasonable discretion.

5. ENTRY RULES

5.1 The closing date of each of the Draws is 23.59 on the date stated in each of the relevant Posts (“Deadlines”). Entries received after the Deadlines will not be considered by Alphablocks.

5.2 Alphablocks accepts no responsibility for Entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.

5.3 Successful Entries will be decided by Alphablocks on or before the date stated for each Draw. See condition 6 of these Rules.

5.4 The decision of Alphablocks regarding any aspect of the Draws is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.

6. WINNERS SELECTION AND ANNOUNCING WINNERS

6.1 After the Deadline, winners of the Draws will be selected (“Winner(s)”) from amongst valid Entries, selected at random by (or under the supervision of) an independent person.

6.2 The Winners will each be notified by direct message to the user account or email address through which they made their Entry (“Announcement Date”).

6.3 The decision and results concerning Winners are final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into after selection is made in accordance with these Rules.

6.4 Alphablocks will make available information that indicates that a valid prize award took place on request (after the Draw’s end). To comply with this obligation Alphablocks will send the surname and county (where available) of major prize winners and, if applicable, copies of their winning Entries, to anyone who: (i) emails [info@alphablocks.tv] or (ii) writes to Alphablock’s address set out above (enclosing a self-addressed envelope) within one month of the Deadlines and requests this information.

6.5 If you object to any or all of your surname, county (where available) and winning Entry being published or made available, please contact Alphablocks [info@alphablocks.tv]. In such circumstances, Alphablocks may still be required to provide the information and winning Entry to the Advertising Standards Authority on request.

7. PRIZE DETAILS AND CLAIMING A PRIZE

7.1 The Winners will receive the prizing as detailed in our Posts.

7.2 If you are a Winner, you will have 7 days from the date you are notified of having won (in accordance with the Winner notification process in these Rules) (the “Prize Acceptance Period”) within which to claim the prize by confirming acceptance of the prize in response to Alphablocks’ message to you. Winners who do not claim prizing within this period invalidate their right and claim to such prizing.

7.3 Alphablocks will make all reasonable efforts to contact Winners. If a Winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed their prize within the Prize Acceptance Period, Alphablocks reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant selected from the valid Entries that were received by virtue of repeating the same Winner selection method as set out in Rule 6.

7.4 Alphablocks does not accept any responsibility if a Winner is not able to take up the prize in accordance with these Rules.

7.5 Prizes are subject to availability and are not transferable or negotiable. There is no cash alternative for prizes.

7.6 Alphablocks reserves the right to substitute the prize for another of equal or greater value (e.g. in the event the original prize becomes unavailable).

8. SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

8.1 We may operate Draws through third party social media platforms such as, without limitation, Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter. Unless expressly stated to the contrary, our activities are in no way endorsed by or associated with such third parties. Where the Draw entry mechanic requires entry via such social media platforms, you will be required to have a user account with the relevant social media platform and to comply with the relevant platform’s terms of use and other relevant policies in order to be eligible to participate.

9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

9.1 Alphablocks does not claim any rights of ownership in the entrants’ original competition Entry content.

9.2 You agree that Alphablocks may, but is not required to, make Entries available on its websites, and any other media and social media, in connection with any reasonable publicity of the Draws. Entrants agree to grant Alphablocks a royalty-free, non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable licence, for the full period of the entrants’ intellectual property rights in the Entry (if any are applicable) and any accompanying materials they provide, to use, display, publish, transmit, copy, edit, alter, store, re-format and sub-license the Entry and any accompanying materials for such purposes.

9.3 To the extent your Entry involves you submitting user-generated content, third party content or any materials or assets containing your or third party intellectual property rights to Alphablocks, you warrant and undertake to Alphablocks that:

a) all materials and assets you submit in your Entry are your original works, are not defamatory and do not infringe third party rights (including without limitation intellectual property rights or privacy rights);

b) there are no conflicting agreements in place concerning use of any assets and materials you submit in your Entry;

c) you have obtained all necessary or reasonably prudent consents and permissions for or in connection with any and all assets and materials in your Entry (including without limitation from any individuals featured in your Entry, and their parents – if such individuals are under the age of 18); and

d) you will produce evidence or documentation to Alphablocks’ reasonable satisfaction to show your compliance with this Rule 9.

10. DATA PRIVACY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

10.1 In order to operate the Draws and for prize delivery, Alphablocks may require entrants to provide certain personal data including their name, address, social media username, contact details and/or email address (where applicable). Alphablocks may require further personal data in some circumstances to verify a Winner’s identity or eligibility. The Entrants’ personal data may be shared by Alphablocks with its partners, vendors or agents of Alphablocks for the administration of the Draws or delivery of prizing.

10.2 Entrants’ personal data will be processed by Alphablocks only so long as reasonably necessary for the administration of the Draws and Alphablocks’ record keeping and will be deleted by Alphablocks thereafter.

10.3 Entrants’ personal data will be used by Alphablocks to operate the Draws and arrange prize fulfilment, and is processed by Alphablocks on legal bases including performance of a contract (being these Rules) and Alphablocks’ legitimate interests, being its business, promotional and commercial interests related to ensuring good administration of the Draws and marketing of Alphablocks’ business.

10.4 Alphablocks will only process your personal information as set out in the following privacy policy. See also conditions 6.4 and 6.5, with regard to the announcement of successful entrants.

11. GENERAL

11.1 If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these Rules, Alphablocks may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the Draws.

11.2 Alphablocks reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prizing or Draws where it becomes necessary to do so.

11.3 These Rules shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.