The World Academy of Sport (WAoS) delivers learning programmes for sports and event participants - athletes, managers, administrators, officials and coaches - through a series of tailored educational programmes.
TERMS & CONDITIONS

Welcome to this website (the "site"), which is owned and operated by the World Academy of Sport Services Ltd (WAoS) and its partners, their subsidiaries, affiliates and/or related companies. WAoS maintains the site as a service to its visitors, subject to the following Terms & Conditions concerning the use.

Acceptance

By accessing this site and/or any pages thereof you signify your acceptance of these Terms & Conditions. In addition, when using particular services, you and WAoS shall be subject to any guidelines or rules or additional terms and conditions applicable to such services that may be posted on the site from time to time. All such guidelines, rules or additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms & Conditions.

Modifications and acceptance

WAoS reserves the right to change these Terms & Conditions at any time without notice to you by posting changes online. You are responsible for reviewing regularly information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site following any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted changes.

No Offer of Service

Unless otherwise expressly stated, the material on the site is for information purposes only. WAoS makes no representation that material on the site is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those users who choose to access the site do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws and regulations.

Intellectual Property

The site was created by WAoS of Stanlo House, 52 Granby Row, Manchester M1 7AY.

All rights, including copyright and database rights in the site and its contents are owned by, or licensed to, WAoS. Furthermore, all rights in the programme names, certificates, company names, trade names, logos, product packaging and designs of WAoS or official sponsors, licensees, suppliers, or other third-party products or services, belong exclusively to WAoS or such third-party, as applicable, or their respective owners, and are protected from reproduction, imitation, dilution or confusing or misleading uses under national and international laws, as applicable. The International Trademark Registration Number of the WAoS mark is 926246.

The use or misuse of these trade marks or any materials, except as permitted herein and including without limitation use as a domain name or as part of a domain name, is expressly prohibited and nothing stated or implied on this site confers on you any license or right under any patent, copyright work, trade mark, design or other right of a similar nature of WAoS or any third party trademarks or other intellectual property.. No act of downloading or otherwise copying or reproducing from the site will transfer title to you to any software or material on the site, unless express statements are communicated to you by WAoS to the contrary.


Own Non-Commercial Use

You may view, download, and print contents from the site subject to the following conditions: (a) the content may be used solely for information purposes and for your own personal non-commercial private use; and (b) the content may not be modified, adapted or altered in any way. You may not copy, store in any medium (including without limitation on any other website), modify, adapt, spider (i.e. use a computer programme to collect or aggregate material from the site), publish, distribute by any means (including without limitation via any peer-to-peer networks such as BitTorrent), prepare derivative works from, broadcast, communicate to the public or transmit any part of this site or any of the material contained in this site or otherwise use the content for any other purpose other than as explicitly permitted herein. Any other use requires the prior written permission of WAoS.

You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trade mark, logo, content or other proprietary information or content (including images, text, page layout, or form) of the WAoS or from the site without the express written consent of WAoS. Without prejudice to general prohibition on linking to the site without WAoS’ prior consent, you may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" using WAoS’ name or trademarks including all third party names or trademarks without the express written consent of WAoS.

You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by WAoS, other site users and/or any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene, defamatory or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.

Any unauthorised use terminates the permission or licence granted by WAoS and shall constitute a clear and material breach of these Terms & Conditions.


Disclaimer

Although WAoS has taken reasonable care to ensure that the information and data on this site is accurate at the time of publication, these are for general information purposes only and no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to accuracy, reliability or completeness. WAoS is not responsible for the content of external internet sites that link to this site or which are linked from it.

When undertaking an education programme within the site where the user must register and login using their unique username and password specialist information may be provided to the user within these specific areas of the site. This information is based on expert assessments and is believed to be accurate within the context that it is presented and it may be based on opinion or judgement of what constitutes best practice.

To the maximum extent permitted by law WAoS accepts no responsibility for loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on information or opinions contained in this site and assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information or opinions contained herein. Your use of the site is on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to (to the extent permitted by law) implied warranties of satisfactory quality, suitability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

WAoS does not warrant that the functions, services and facilities contained or provided by this site will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses, bugs, spyware or similar flaws or represent the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the materials.

Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the site is done at your own discretion and risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or device with which you access the site as well as for any loss of data that results from the download or use of any such material.

You acknowledge and agree that the views of the editorial team published on the site are not the views of WAoS or any third party or of their officers and directors.

WAoS may publish adverts on the site in the form of buttons, banners, interstitials, pop-ups or other forms of online advertising on behalf of official partners and third party advertisers. WAoS is not responsible for the content of such adverts and accepts no liability in relation to any representations made therein or any losses of any kind scope or nature arising in reliance thereupon.

Links From the Site

Links to third party websites on this site are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this site. You acknowledge and agree that WAoS has no responsibility for the accuracy or availability of information, material or content provided by third party linked websites, access to which may be governed by the terms and conditions applicable to those websites. Links to such sites do not constitute an endorsement by WAoS of such websites or the content, products, or other materials or services presented on such websites. Information in the many web pages that are linked to the site, and the applications and services available through the site, come from a variety of sources. WAoS does not author, edit, or monitor the content, links, or services provided by third parties. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WAOS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED BY OR IN CONNECTION WITH USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH CONTENT, PRODUCTS, OR OTHER MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON THE SITE OR ON THIRD PARTY LINKED WEBSITES. IF YOU DECIDE TO ACCESS ANY OF THE THIRD PARTY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, YOU DO SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Links To the Site

It is the policy of WAoS not to permit links to the site (including so-called "deep links" to pages of the site other than the homepage) without the prior written permission of WAoS.

Contributions

If you submit any contribution to this site or toWAoS (including without limitation any text, graphics, photo, video or audio) you are required by such submission to grant WAoS a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable and transferable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, create derivative works from, publish, distribute, broadcast, transmit, communicate to the public, perform, play, and exercise all copyright, database rights, publicity rights and other intellectual property rights with respect to any such work worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any media now known or hereinafter developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, consistent with the restrictions set forth in the WAoS’ Information and Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to grant such rights to WAoS, it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to this site or to WAoS. You also waive irrevocably on a perpetual basis (or, where such waiver is not permitted under the laws of any jurisdiction, agree not to enforce) any moral rights or rights of paternity which may exist in your contributions.

By submitting your contribution to this site, you also warrant that such contribution (a) is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to WAoS for all the purposes specified above, (b) is not defamatory and (c) does not infringe any law or the rights of any third party.

Information and Privacy

WAoS is firmly committed to safeguarding your privacy. Please see our Information and Privacy Policy.

E-mail Service

In situations where WAoS may give you the option to subscribe to any e-mail service which will update you with news or information which it considers to be of interest to you, your use of the content received through the e-mail service will be subject to these Terms & Conditions.

Children under 16

If you are under 16, you must obtain the approval of your parents or a guardian before you:
• E-mail the site, or ask WAoS to e-mail anything to you;
• Send in any information to WAoS;
• Enter any contest or game that requires information about you or offers a prize;
• Buy anything online.

By continuing to use this website and any of the services offered, you are confirming that you have received the consent of your parents or a guardian.

No Confidential Information

WAoS does not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through this site. Please note that any information or material sent to WAoS via the site will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sending WAoS any information or material, you grant WAoS an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that WAoS is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose.

Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WAoS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THIS SITE, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPER LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WAoS IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Indemnity

As a condition of use of the site, you agree to indemnify WAoS and its affiliates, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all liabilities, other expenses (including costs and legal fees) and damages that WaoS incurrs to third parties as a consequence of claims resulting from your use of the site.

Security

If you communicate with WAoS by e-mail, you should note that the security of Internet e-mail is uncertain. By sending sensitive or confidential e-mail messages which are not encrypted you accept the risks of such uncertainty and possible lack of confidentiality over the Internet.

Termination

We reserve the right at all times to terminate, upon notice to you and for any reason, including for your violation of any of these terms and conditions, your licence to access the site.

General

If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales without regard to conflicts of law principles. Disputes arising under these terms and conditions, or otherwise related to your use of the site, shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

WAoS
Stanlo House,
52 Granby Row,
Manchester ,
M1 7AY,

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Copyright

Copyright © 2011 by WAoS. All rights reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced by any means be it electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of WAoS.