This information was last updated on 25th January 2021.

In Plain English

This Website is owned and operated by the Tyne Valley Line Rail Users' Group.

Use of the Website

You may retrieve and download the materials on this website for your personal use only. If you want to copy, modify, publish, broadcast or distribute the material on this website for any other purpose your must first get our written permission. You may not use this website to send or distribute multiple unsolicited junk emails or messages ("Spam"), chain letters or otherwise to interfere with or disrupt it or the networks through which you access it.

Copyright

The copyright in the material contained on this website belongs to TVRUG or, where indicated, to those who have given us permission to use their material.

Disclaimer

Whilst TVRUG takes every care to ensure the information contained on this website is complete, accurate and up-to-date, we cannot always guarantee this will be the case. The information on this site is subject to change. Any information, material or software which you download or otherwise obtain through the website is used at your own discretion and risk and TVRUG and its members accept no responsibility or liability for any claim, loss or damage which you suffer from using the website or acting on the information contained on it.

TVRUG does not make any warranties, representations or undertakings about (a) the content of this website (b) that use of the website will be uninterrupted, virus or error free; or (c) that use of the website will not affect other software or operating systems which you use to access it. Any warranties provided under general law are expressly excluded to the fullest extent possible. In particular we do not warrant that use of the website will not infringe the rights of any other person or organisation.

Third Party Sites

We provide links to third-party web sites that may be of interest to you. ("Third Party Sites"). You agree that TVRUG does not endorse or approve the content of and has no control over the availability of these Third Party Sites. You agree that we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage of any sort which you suffer as a result of using such Third Party Sites.

Opinion

The views expressed in any article on this web site or our associated Facebook pages are strictly those of the authors and not those of TVRUG.

Feedback

We welcome your comments. If you have any comments on this website or suggestions for improvement please contact us.

The Legalese 

In using this website you are deemed to have read and agreed to the following terms and conditions:

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and any or all Agreements: "Client", “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions. "The Company", “Ourselves”, “We” and "Us", refers to the Tyne Valley Line Rail Users Group (TVRUG). “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves, or either the Client or ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services/products, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing English Law. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Privacy Statement

For the purposes of the data protection legislation, please note that by contacting us through the web site form or via email you accept and agree that personal information about you may be held by us for the purpose of communications with you. This information will be limited to the information you supply on the form or email (your email address for example).

Confidentiality

We will not sell, share, or rent your personal information to any third party or use your e-mail address for unsolicited mail. Any emails sent by us will only be in connection with personal communications with you or for the purposes of membership.

Disclaimer

Exclusions and Limitations

The information on this web site is provided on an "as is" basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, this Company:

  • excludes all representations and warranties relating to this website and its contents or which is or may be provided by any affiliates or any other third party, including in relation to any inaccuracies or omissions in this website and/or the Company’s literature; and
  • excludes all liability for damages arising out of or in connection with your use of this website. This includes, without limitation, direct loss, loss of business or profits (whether or not the loss of such profits was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you have advised this Company of the possibility of such potential loss), damage caused to your computer, computer software, systems and programs and the data thereon or any other direct or indirect, consequential and incidental damages.

This Company does not however exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence. The above exclusions and limitations apply only to the extent permitted by law. None of your statutory rights as a consumer are affected.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyse site usage, administer site security, track user’s movement, all for the purposes of security and site analytics. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Additionally, for systems administration, detecting usage patterns and troubleshooting purposes, our web servers automatically log standard access information including browser type, access times/open mail, URL requested, and referral URL. This information is not shared with third parties and is used only within this Company on a need-to-know basis. Any individually identifiable information related to this data will never be used in any way different to that stated above without your explicit permission.

Cookies

Like most interactive web sites this Company’s website [or ISP] uses cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. You can read more about the use of Cookies in our Privacy Policy on the site.

Links to this website

You may not create a link to any page of this website without our prior written consent. If you do create a link to a page of this website you do so at your own risk and the exclusions and limitations set out above will apply to your use of this website by linking to it.

Links from this website

We do not monitor or review the content of other party’s websites which are linked to from this website. Opinions expressed or material appearing on such websites are not necessarily shared or endorsed by us and should not be regarded as the publisher of such opinions or material. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices, or content, of these sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site & to read the privacy statements of these sites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other site connected to this site or accessed through this site yourself, before disclosing any personal information to them. This Company will not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoever caused, resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personal information.

Copyright Notice

Copyright and other relevant intellectual property rights exists on all text relating to the Company’s services and the full content of this website.

Communication

Our email addresses and other contact information can be found on our Contacting Us link on our website or via Company literature or via the Company’s stated telephone or mobile telephone numbers.

This company's address is:

TVRUG Secretary, Cornmill Cottage, Station Road, Bardon Mill, Northumberland NE47 7HY

Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable to the other for any failure to perform any obligation under any Agreement which is due to an event beyond the control of such party (including but not limited to any Act of God, terrorism, war, Political insurgence, insurrection, riot, civil unrest, act of civil or military authority, uprising, earthquake, flood or any other natural or man made eventuality outside of our control)not , which causes the termination of an agreement or contract entered into, nor which could have been reasonably foreseen. Any Party affected by such event shall forthwith inform the other Party of the same and shall use all reasonable endeavours to comply with the terms and conditions of any Agreement contained herein.

Waiver

Failure of either Party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this or any Agreement or the failure of either Party to exercise any right or remedy to which it, he or they are entitled hereunder shall not constitute a waiver thereof and shall not cause a diminution of the obligations under this or any Agreement. No waiver of any of the provisions of this or any Agreement shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be such and signed by both Parties.

General

The laws of England and Wales govern these terms and conditions. By accessing this website you consent to these terms and conditions and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in all disputes arising out of such access. If any of these terms are deemed invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, but not limited to the exclusions and limitations set out above), then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be severed from these terms and the remaining terms will continue to apply. Failure of the Company to enforce any of the provisions set out in these Terms and Conditions and any Agreement, or failure to exercise any option to terminate, shall not be construed as waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the validity of these Terms and Conditions or of any Agreement or any part thereof, or the right thereafter to enforce each and every provision. These Terms and Conditions shall not be amended, modified, varied or supplemented except in writing and signed by duly authorised representatives of the Company.

Notification of Changes

The Company reserves the right to change these conditions from time to time as it sees fit and your continued use of the site will signify your acceptance of any adjustment to these terms. If there are any changes to our privacy policy, we will announce that these changes have been made on our home page and on other key pages on our site. If there are any changes in how we use our site customers’ Personally Identifiable Information, notification by e-mail or postal mail will be made to those affected by this change. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on our web site 30 days prior to these changes taking place. You are therefore advised to re-read this statement on a regular basis.

These terms and conditions form part of the Agreement between the Client and ourselves. Your accessing of this website and/or undertaking of a booking or Agreement indicates your understanding, agreement to and acceptance, of the Disclaimer Notice and the full Terms and Conditions contained herein. Your statutory Consumer Rights are unaffected.

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