Website terms and conditions
1. THESE TERMS
1.1 What these terms cover. These are the terms and conditions on which we allow you to access our website.
1.2 Why you should read them. Please read these terms carefully before you use our website. These terms tell you who we are and how you may use our website.
2. INFORMATION ABOUT US AND HOW TO CONTACT US
2.1 Who we are. We are the Baptist Missionary Society (known as BMS World Mission) a charitable company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 10849689 and our charity registration number is 1174364. Our registered office is at 129 Broadway, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8XA.
2.2 How to contact us. You can contact us by telephoning our customer service team at 01235 517606 or by writing to us at mail@bmsworldmission.org or at our registered address.
2.3 How we may contact you. If we have to contact you, we will do so by telephone or by writing to you at the email address or postal address you provided to us in your order.
2.4 “Writing” includes emails. When we use the words “writing” or “written” in these terms, this includes emails.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
3. BY USING OUR SITE YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS
3.1 By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
3.2 If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
3.3 Please ensure that you have read our:
Website Privacy and Marketing Policy which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us; and which also sets out information about the cookies on our site.
Ethical Fundraising Policy, which sets out information about our fundraising activities. (Available on request)
3.4 If you order goods from our site, please ensure that you have read our Sales Terms and Conditions which will apply to such sales.
3.5 We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
3.6 We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs and our operational priorities.
4. WE MAY SUSPEND OR WITHDRAW OUR SITE
4.1 Our site is made available free of charge.
4.2 We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
4.3 You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
5. HOW YOU MAY USE MATERIAL ON OUR SITE
5.1 Our site provides information about our work as a charity and the ways in which you can support us. It also includes digital content which you are able to download directly from our website free of charge.
5.2 We are the owner or 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.
5.3 You may print off or download extracts of any page(s) from our site for your non-commercial use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
5.4 Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
5.5 You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
5.6 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.
6. DO NOT RELY ON INFORMATION ON THIS SITE
6.1 The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
6.2 Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
7. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WEBSITES WE LINK TO
7.1 Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
7.2 We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
8. OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU
8.1 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.
8.2 Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any products to you, which will be set out in our Sales terms and conditions.
8.3 Please note that we only provide our site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
9. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR VIRUSES
9.1 We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
9.2 You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
9.3 You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored 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 will 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.
10. LINKING TO OUR SITE
10.1 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.
10.2 You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part when none exists.
10.3 You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you.
10.4 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.
10.5 We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
10.6 If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact mail@bmsworldmission.org
11 COOKIES
11.1 Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
11.2 Read more about the individual cookies we use and how to recognise them by clicking here.