Arsenal.com - Terms and Conditions of Use | The Club | News

Welcome to our Website at www.arsenal.com (the "Website"). The Website is provided by Arsenal Broadband Limited ("ABL"), on behalf of The Arsenal Football Club Limited ("Arsenal") (together "us", "we" or "our"). ABL is a company registered under number 4053669 in England and Wales, whose registered office is at Highbury House, 75 Drayton Park, London N5 1BU, and whose registered VAT number is 795896538.

Arsenal is a company registered under number 109244 in England and Wales and whose registered office is at Highbury House, 75 Drayton Park, London N5 1BU). In these terms and conditions, "you" and "your" means you as the user of our Website.

ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE

These terms and conditions ("Terms of Use") govern your use of the Website. By accessing the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you should not use the Website. You should read all the Terms of Use prior to using the Website. You should also save or print a copy of these Terms of Use for future reference.

These Terms of Use apply in addition to:

Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about how we use cookies on our Website;
Our Privacy Policy, which outlines what information we collect and how we use and protect it;
any terms which shall apply to the purchase, and use of tickets, hospitality and membership; and
any terms of entry to any prize promotions or competitions.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF USE

We may from time to time make changes to the terms of these Terms of Use. Any changes will be posted on the Website. Please review these Terms of Use regularly to stay informed of any changes. By continuing to use the Website after being notified of any changes, you agree to such changes. If you do not agree to such changes, you should not use this Website.

ACCESSING OUR WEBSITE

Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend any or all of the Website without notice. We may suspend access to the Website for emergency or scheduled maintenance or other reasons. Access to our Website depends on the availability of the World Wide Web, and we accept no responsibility for your inability to access our Website due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

You may need to register for accounts with us on the Website in order to access certain services available on the Website (each an "Account"). If you register an Account, you will be asked to provide certain information such as your email address) and to create a password, as part of our security procedures. You must treat such password as confidential and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any Accounts and/or access to our Website at any time if, in our opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms of Use.

OUR MATERIALS

Subject to these Terms of Use, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited right to access, view, and print one copy of this Website and all data, information, software graphics, images, text, posts and other content on the Website, ("Materials") on a single device strictly for your personal, non-commercial use.

We expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in and to the Website and the Materials, and your use of the Website and Materials is subject to the following restrictions. You must not (a) remove any copyright or other proprietary notices contained in the Materials; (b) modify the Materials in any way or reproduce them, except where expressly permitted by us; (c) publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use the Materials for any public or commercial purpose; (d) transfer the Materials to any other person; (e) use any Materials from the Website in any manner that may infringe any intellectual property proprietary , or property rights of ours or any third parties; or (f) reproduce, modify, display, perform, publish, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, frame, communicate to the public or circulate to any third party or exploit this Website and/or the Materials in any way; without our prior written consent.

Where we permit you to modify any of the Materials, we shall own all rights in the modified Material and you hereby assign to us all copyright and all other rights of whatever nature, whether now known or created in the future, in the modified Material for the whole term of the same including any renewals, reversions, revivals and extensions together with all related rights and powers. You warrant that any modified Materials created by you shall be your original work and shall not infringe any laws or regulations or the rights of any person and shall not be obscene, threatening, abusive, harmful to others, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, harassing, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable.

UNACCEPTABLE CONTENT

If you find any content on our Website to be in any way offensive, obscene, defamatory, racist, harmful, inaccurate, unlawful, illegal, infringing of any third party rights, deceptive in any way or otherwise in breach of our content standards, please notify us by clicking here and using the subject heading "Unacceptable Content".

We take complaints seriously and on receipt of your complaint we will investigate whether the content breaches our content standards or these Terms of Use and may, at our discretion or in adherence with applicable law, remove or block access to the content complained of.

CHILDREN

We realise and understand that many children will visit our Website. However, we strongly encourage all individuals under 18 to consult with their parents or legal guardian before using our Website, and its services, particularly before submitting any content or other information to this Website. It is the responsibility of parents or legal guardians to supervise children when online and recommend that parental control tools be put in place. Although individuals under the age of 18 can participate in selected competitions and promotions, notification of a win or prize will be sent directly to the parent or guardian identified in the consent form or the initial registration process. Any publication of a competition winner's personal details for visitors under 18 will require parental or legal guardian consent during registration.

TRADEMARKS

We expressly reserve all rights in and to the domain name www.arsenal.com. The trademarks ARSENAL, GUNNERS, the Arsenal shield, the Arsenal Soccer Schools logo, and all other related service marks, trading names or other trademarks relating to Arsenal Football Club's products and services are owned by The Arsenal Football Club Limited and may not be used without their express prior written consent. Other trademarks, products and company names mentioned on the Website may be trademarks of their respective owners or licensors and the rights in such marks are expressly reserved to the respective owners or licensors.

LINKING TO OUR WEBSITE

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a fair and legal manner that does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not link to our Website in a way that suggests any form of association, approval or endorsement without our prior written consent. You must not remove or obscure by framing or otherwise, advertisements, copyright notices, or other information published on the Website. Our Website must not be framed on any other site.

For the avoidance of doubt, you must not link to our Website from a linking site which contains any adult or illegal material or any material that is offensive, harassing or otherwise objectionable.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

UPLOADING CONTENT TO OUR SITE

You agree not to submit any content to our Website that:

infringes any laws or regulations or the rights of others or encourages others to do so;
is obscene, abusive, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, harassing, discriminatory or otherwise objectionable;
impersonates another or is otherwise likely to deceive;
is spam or any other form of unsolicited advertising, promotional material, or commercial message;
contains or links to viruses or any other harmful programs or computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;
disrupts or impairs the normal operation of the Website; or
accesses the Website in a manner that sends more request messages to our servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a publicly available, standard (i.e. not modified) web browser.

Any content you upload to our Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but grant us an irrevocable worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, distribute, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and display such content and use your name in relation to it.

We have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Website constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We have no obligation to monitor user content but reserve the right not to publish or to remove any posting you make on Website, if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out above.

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of our Website.

SINGLE SIGN ON, THIRD PARTY SITES AND CONTENT

From time to time the Website may integrate with other services or platforms (whether offered by us or third parties), for example official Arsenal mobile apps, our retail platform or social media platforms. We may facilitate sign-in via these services or other shared functionality. Third party services and platforms will generally require you to have a separate account or registration with them. The terms on which those third-party services and platforms engage with you and share information or data with the Website or us is specific to them and you. You should make yourself aware of their own terms and conditions before you associate your activity on the Website with those third-party services and platforms.

Our Website, and/or the Materials may also contain links to third party websites. If you decide to visit any third party site, you do so at your own risk. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed on such websites. Links do not imply that we or this Website is/are affiliated or associated with such sites. Third party content may appear on the Website or may be accessible via links from the Website. We are not responsible for and assume no liability for such content.

EXCLUSIONS AND DISCLAIMERS

To the fullest extent permissible by law, we exclude and disclaim all warranties, terms, conditions and representations that might otherwise be implied by law in relation to this Website and the Materials.

Nothing in these Terms of Use shall exclude our liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by negligence; (b) fraudulent misrepresentation; and/or (c) any matter that cannot be excluded or limited under English law.

We shall not be liable under these Terms of Use for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages whether based on breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

The Materials may contain inaccuracies and typographical errors. We do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Materials. Reliance on such opinion, advice, statement, or other information shall be at your sole risk. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions on the Website and to make any changes to the features, functionality or content of the Website at any time. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to edit or delete any documents, information or other content on the Website.

We do not represent or warrant that the Website will be error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected.

LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND APPLICABLE LAW

You shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with your use of the Website and the Materials that appear on it.

These Terms of Use shall be governed and interpreted under English law. Any dispute arising from these Terms of Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. Thank you for visiting our Website.