This page (together with the other terms referred to on it) tells you the terms on which you may use of our site www.natgeokids.com (our “site”). Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site. By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please do not use our site.

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made.

Information about us
Our site is operated by Creature Media Ltd and Creature Media Australia Pty Limited each trading as Creature & Co. Creature & Co. is the licence holder for National Geographic Kids in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Our details are as follows:
Creature Media Limited is registered in England and Wales under company number 07693866
and has its registered office at 76 Marylebone High Street, London, W1U 5JU, UK.
Creature Media Australia Pty Limited is registered in Australia and has its registered office at
Level 6, 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, or questions comments
or requests regarding these terms of use please contact us via help@ngkids.co.uk

Other applicable terms
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our
site:
– Our Privacy Policy at https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/privacy-policy/, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that is otherwise collected by us or provided to us.
– Our Cookie Policy at https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/cookies-policy/, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.
– If you choose to access the paid for subscription-only content on our site, our subscription terms at https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/subscriptions-terms-andconditions/ apply. If there is any conflict between these terms of use and our subscription terms, the provisions of our subscription terms shall apply.

Accessing our site
Children of any age can access our site, but if you are under 13 years old you should make sure that your parent or guardian is aware of your use of our site and in particular agrees that you can post any content on our site, such as adding comments to our features.

Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to refuse or withdraw access to anyone without notice for any reason. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

Whilst we undertake appropriate commercial checks for viruses and other harmful code within our site, we cannot guarantee that the Platform shall be free from such viruses or other harmful code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus blocking protocols to protect your computer system from damage.

Content standards
There may be opportunities for you to provide content to our site, such as adding comments to our features. These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (“contributions”). You must comply with the spirit of the standards as well as the letter.
– Contributions must be accurate (where they state facts), be genuinely held (where they state opinions) and/ comply with applicable law in the country from which they are posted.
– Contributions must not contain any material which is defamatory of any person, contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, promote sexually explicit or violent material, promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age, infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person, be likely to deceive any person, be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of
confidence, promote any illegal activity, be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person, be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, give the impression that they emanate from us (if this is not the case) or advocate, promote or
assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse

All contributions are subject to an approvals process and publication on our site is at our absolute discretion.

We do not treat your contributions as confidential and we can if we choose to, freely use, copy, distribute and disclose and to grant rights in your contributions to third parties.

Intellectual property rights
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print copies and download extracts, of any page from our site for your personal reference only or to use as a teaching aid.

You must not reproduce, distribute or modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Content from our site may not be re-posted, framed, or mirrored on any other websites or computer networks, regardless of educational use.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors, which can be withheld at our or their absolute discretion If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

If you believe any content on our site infringes your copyrights, you may submit a notice to us at help@ngkids.co.uk. including the following information (a) a physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of any exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; (b) identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed; (c) identification of the content that is claimed to be infringing; (d) information reasonably sufficient to enable us to contact you, including your name, email and/or postal address; (e) a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the content on our site is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent and/or the law; and (f) a statement that the information in the notice is accurate and under penalty of perjury, you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Reliance on information posted
Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. To the full extent permitted by law we therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Our site changes regularly
We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Our liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by applicable law. Your consumer statutory rights are not affected.

To the full extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied including any warranty as to accuracy, completeness, availability and timeliness.

To the full extent permitted by law, we will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
– use of, or inability to use, our site;
– use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site; and/or
– any third party website linked from or otherwise advertised on our site.
If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:
– loss of incomes, profits, sales, business, or revenue;
– business interruption;
– loss of anticipated savings;
– loss of data;
– loss of goodwill or reputation;
– loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
– any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

Viruses, hacking and other offences
You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other
technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Linking to our site
You may link to our homepage, 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 from any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed or mirrored 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.

Links from our site
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Jurisdiction and applicable law
If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use are governed by English law. You and we both agree to that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. We are aware that as a consumer you may also have the right to bring action against us in your local court. If you are a business, these terms of website use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. Please always take action against your local Creature & Co company.

Trade marks
National Geographic Kids and the Yellow Border Design are registered trademarks of National Geographic Society and used under licence.

General
These terms of use and the other documents referenced are the entire agreement between Creature & Co and the users of our site, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements. No action of Creature & Co may be construed as a waiver of any part of these terms of use. Should any of the paragraphs within these terms of use be unenforceable, the other paragraphs will remain in full force and effect

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