Terms of Use

The Service

The Site provides users with access to a variety of information and on-line resources. Please review carefully the Terms of Use before completing the registration form. When you complete the registration form, you will be deemed to have accepted the Terms of Use. The Terms of Use may be updated from time to time without notice to you. Please ensure that you review the Terms of Use regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted any variation if you continue to use the Service after it has been posted. In addition, when using particular mumandbabyonline.co.uk services, you and Mum and Baby Centre Limited ("MBC") shall be subject to any guidelines and rules applicable to such services which may be posted by MBC from time to time. All such guidelines and rules are hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms of Use but in the event of any inconsistency between the Terms of Use and any guideline or rule, these Terms of Use will prevail.

Use of the Site

In order to use the Service, you need the equipment necessary to connect to the World Wide Web ("WWW"), and the connection necessary to access the WWW. You are responsible for any fees associated with such connection or access (such as those charged by an internet service provider or other on-line service).

Registration

In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to provide true, accurate and complete information about yourself as required by the Service's registration form. You must maintain and promptly update this information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete.

Use of the Service

The Service does not provide medical or healthcare advice for any individual problem or a substitute for medical or other professional advice and services from a general practitioner or other healthcare professional familiar with your unique facts. Always seek the advice of your general practitioner or other qualified healthcare professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition and prior to starting any new treatment. Nothing contained in the Site is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment and you should not rely on any information within the Site without first taking professional advice. Your use of the Service is subject to the disclaimers below and any additional disclaimers and limitations that may appear throughout the Site. MBC and its employees assume no responsibility for any loss or damage caused as a direct or indirect result of any action or inaction you take based on the information, services or other materials on this Site.

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Privacy Policy

For full details please read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy. For more information, please see our full Privacy Policy. ​

Links to Other Web Sites

The Site may include links to other internet sites and / or information provided by our partners in the "Brand Partner" pages or on the "First Aid" pages (provided by our partner, Mini-First Aid Limited). This service is provided as a convenience to users. MBC does not endorse the information, material, products or services contained on or accessible through any such site or contained on or accessible in the Brand Partner Pages or in the First Aid pages. You acknowledge that you access and use such Sites, such pages and their contents therein entirely at your own risk and that MBC shall not be responsible for liability, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused in connection with use of or reliance on any information, material, products or services contained on or accessed through any such site or such pages. ​

Dealings with Advertisers and Merchants

MBC does not stock any product samples, literature or freebies - we simply provide you the means to access them through partner and advertising companies. Your correspondence or dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers and merchants found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser or merchant. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that: (a) MBC shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers and merchants on the Service, and (b) any orders placed by you on the Service are subject to confirmation by, and the terms and conditions of business of, the relevant merchant. ​

Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, MBC disclaims all warranties, conditions and other terms of any kind, whether express or implied, with regard to the Service and all materials contained on the Site, including without limitation any implied terms of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose or as to the provision of services to a standard of reasonable care and skill. Your use of the service is at your own risk and is on an "as is" and "as available" basis. MBC makes no warranty or representation that the Service will meet your requirements or that it will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or virus-free. MBC accepts no responsibility for any infection by virus or other contamination and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data resulting from the use of the Service. ​

Limitation of Liability

You expressly acknowledge and agree that MBC shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential loss, damage, costs, expenses or claims, whether based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence), product liability or otherwise arising out of or in connection with the provision of the Service. You acknowledge and agree that the limitations set out above are fundamental elements of the Terms of Use and the Service would not be provided to you if such limitations did not apply. ​

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless mumandbabyonline.co.uk, its affiliates and suppliers from any liability, loss, claim and expense (including reasonable legal fees) made by a third party directly or indirectly related to (a) your breach of the Terms of Use, (b) your posting of material to the Site, or (c) any other use by you of the Service.

Proprietary Rights

You acknowledge and agree that all copyright and other intellectual property rights in relation to the Service (including without limitation the design and contents of this page and all links within the Site) are vested in MBC. Information may be accessed, downloaded, or printed only for your personal non-commercial use. You may not copy, reproduce, publish, distribute, create derivative works of, sell, transfer, display, transmit, compile or collect in a database, any part of the Service without the prior written permission of MBC or its suppliers. You must abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in or attached to any part of the Service.

Changes to the Service

MBC and its suppliers may make revisions to the information, services, products, and other materials on the Site, or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice at any time. You agree that MBC shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service. ​

Competitions

By entering a mumandbabyonline competition, you consent to your details being used by mumandbabyonline to administer the competition and to being passed to the third party partner supplying the prize. Details for each individual competition are set out on the relevant competition page, but the following also apply to all competitions:

  • Competitions are open to residents of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland aged 18 years or over. One entry per Member only.
  • No responsibility is accepted for ineligible or fraudulent entries.
  • One correct entry and winner (as per competition) will be selected at random and notified by email, by letter or by phone (at mumandbabyonline's discretion) as soon as reasonably practicable after the closing date of the competition unless otherwise advised.
  • The prize is not transferable.
  • No cash alternative to the prize.
  • mumandbabyonline's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • If a winner does not confirm acceptance of the prize within 7 days, he/she automatically foregoes the rights to claim for the prize.
  • All competitions hosted by mumandbabyonline will close at 12am on the date stated. Any entries after these dates will be void.
  • The winner may be asked to participate in publicity via social media, this Site or the organiser's website.

Termination

You agree that MBC may in its sole discretion with or without notice terminate your member ID and password or use of the Service, and remove and discard any part of the Service, for any reason including, without limitation, lack of use or if MBC believes that you have acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the Terms of Use. You agree that MBC shall not be liable to you or any third party for any termination of your access to the Service.

Miscellaneous

The Terms of Use and the relationship between you and mumandbabyonline.co.uk shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of England and you and mumandbabyonline.co.uk agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. The failure of MBC to insist upon strict enforcement of any provision of the Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties, intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. The section titles in the Terms of Use are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Last updated 16th September 2021