Who these terms apply to

These terms and conditions apply to individuals who register to use the Gameroo service available at http://gameroo.co.uk which we refer to in these terms of service as our platform

Who we are and how to contact us

The Gameroo platform is operated by Gameroo Ltd (we, our and us). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 11711946 and have our registered office at Bizspace, Courtwick Lane, Littlehampton, England, BN17 7TL.

To contact us, please email us at [email protected].

You must be a legal adult

To use our platform, you must be at least 18 years of age.

You must be in the UK

This platform and its content are only targeted to, and intended for use by, individuals located in United Kingdom. By continuing to access, view or make use of this platform and any related content, you hereby warrant and represent to us that you are located in the UK. If you are not located in the UK, you must immediately discontinue use of this platform and any related content.

By using our platform you accept these terms

By using our platform, you confirm that you accept these terms of service and that you agree to comply with them.

If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our platform.

We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.

When we refer to applicable laws in these terms, we are referring to the laws of England and Wales.

applicable laws

These terms of service refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our platform:

• Our Privacy Policy: https://gameroo.co.uk/index.php/privacy-policy which sets out how we will use your personal data.
• Our Cookie Policy: https://gameroo.co.uk/index.php/cookies-notice which sets out information about the cookies on our platform.

We may make changes to these terms

We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our platform, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

You must keep your account details safe

You must treat your login details, such as your username and password, as confidential information and keep them secure. You must not disclose your login details to any third party.

We have the right to disable any login details, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of service.

If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your login details, you must promptly notify us at [email protected]

How we may use your personal information

We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy - https://gameroo.co.uk/index.php/privacy-policy

How you may use material on our platform

We are the owner of all intellectual property rights in our platform, and in the material published on it, except for:

• materials relating to games that are owned and/or licensed by their respective publishers; and
• video content that is embedded in our platform (such as YouTube and Twitch videos).

Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved by their respective owners.

We are a licensee of the intellectual property rights in content posted by our users.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our platform for your personal use.

You must not 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.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors or rights owners) as the authors of content, or owners of material, included on our platform must always be acknowledged (except where the content is user-generated, in which case you must comply with any attribution requirements relating to that content).

You must not use any part of the content on our platform for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or the relevant rights owners.

If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our platform in breach of these terms of service, your right to use our platform will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Uploading content to our platform and using our platform

It is important that you understand that internet transmissions are never completely private or secure, and that any content or other information sent or posted to the platform may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission is encrypted.

You may not use our platform:

• in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
• in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
• to bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate any person.
• to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the content standards set out at the end of these terms (Content Standards).
• to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
• to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
• to upload terrorist content.

We refer to these in our terms of use as Prohibited Uses.

You also agree:

• not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our platform in contravention of the provisions of these terms of use.
• not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
  • any part of our platform;
  • any equipment or network on which our platform is stored;
  • any software used in the provision of our platform; or
  • any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Interactive services

We may from time to time provide interactive services on our platform, including, without limitation, functionality that allows you to publish lists of games (such as games you own, have played or are interested in) and to post comments on games, which other users can then view (interactive services).

We provide a reporting button on our platform that allows you to report to us content posted by other users, should a concern or difficulty arise. We will then review that content to determine what action, if any, to take.

Additionally, we shall at all times have the right to oversee, monitor and/or moderate any and all use of the platform, whether by human or technical means (including but not limited to using manual and automated systems to analyse all content and materials to help detect infringement and abuse). However, we are under no obligation to do so, and we expressly exclude liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by any other user in breach of these terms, whether or not the platform is overseen, monitored or moderated.

We do not store terrorist content.

Content Standards

The following Content Standards apply to any and all content and material that is accessed, stored, distributed or transmitted during the course of your use of our platform and the interactive services available through it (each a Contribution).

The Content Standards must be complied with in spirit as well as to the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

A Contribution must:

• be accurate (where it states facts).
• be genuinely held (where it states opinions).
• comply with the applicable laws.

A Contribution must not:

• be defamatory of any person.
• be obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
• bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate.
• promote sexually explicit material.
• include child sexual abuse material.
• promote violence.
• 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.
• breach any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
• promote any illegal content or activity.
• be in contempt of court.
• 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.
• impersonate any person or misrepresent identity or affiliation with any person.
• give the impression that the Contribution emanates from Gameroo Ltd if this is not the case.
• advocate, promote, incite any party to commit, or assist any unlawful or criminal act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.
• contain a statement which the individual making the Contribution knows or believes, or has reasonable grounds for believing, that anyone to whom the statement is, or is to be, published or made available to are likely to understand as a direct or indirect encouragement or other inducement to the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

You warrant that any Contribution you make complies with the Content Standards and is not a Prohibited Use, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

We reserve the right, without liability or prejudice to our other rights, to disable your access to any material that contravenes the Content Standards or that constitutes a Prohibited Use. We also have the right to remove from our platform any material that contravenes the Content Standards or that constitutes a Prohibited Use.

Any Contribution you make to our platform will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your Contribution, but you are required to grant us and other users of our platform a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you license to us are described in Rights you are giving us to use material you upload below.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any Contribution you make to our platform constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up any materials that you including within a Contribution to our platform.

You must promptly report to us at [email protected] any material or content encountered during your use of our platform that contravenes the Content Standards or that constitutes a Prohibited Use.

Consequences of breaching the Content Standards or rules on Prohibited Uses

If you breach our requirements in relation to Content Standards and/or Prohibited Uses, we shall be entitled to take all or any of the following actions:

• Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use the platform.
• Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any Contribution posted by you to the platform.
• Issue of a warning.
• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
• Further legal action against you.
• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably consider necessary or as required by law.

We exclude all liability for any and all action we may take in response to breaches of our requirements in relation to Content Standards and/or Prohibited Uses.

Rights you are giving us to use material you upload

When you post a Contribution to our platform:

• you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable licence to use that Contribution (including to reproduce, distribute, modify, display and perform it) for the purpose of operating, providing and improving our platform; and
• you grant each other relevant user, a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to access that content through our platform, and to use it (including to reproduce, distribute, modify, display, and perform it) as enabled by a feature of the platform.

The licences granted by you will continue until the Contribution is removed. Once removed, the licences will terminate, except where otherwise required in relation to:

• the operation of our platform;
• use of the Contribution permitted before its removal; or
• applicable laws.

For example, removal of a Contribution does not require us to recall that Contribution where it is being used by other users as permitted by you prior to its removal or to delete copies that we reasonably need to keep for legal purposes.

Do not rely on information on this platform

The content on our platform is provided either by us, third party suppliers or by other users of our platform.

Our content. Content provided by us 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 that we provide on our platform. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our platform, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our platform is accurate, complete or up to date.

User-generated content. Content provided by other users of our platform is not provided by us. We are not responsible for it and we do not control what you are permitted to use it for or how you are permitted to use it. You should assume that it is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely and that you should therefore obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content provided by other users on our platform. As we do not provide this content, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that such content on our platform is accurate, complete or up to date, and we exclude all liability in relation to it.

User-generated content is not approved by us

Our platform may include information and materials that are posted by other users of the platform. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our platform do not represent our views or values.

How to complain about content uploaded by other users

If you wish to complain about content posted by other users of our platform, please contact us at [email protected]. In particular, please let us know immediately if you encounter any content that contravenes our Content Standards (see below) or that constitutes a Prohibited Use (see above).

We are not affiliated to the publishers of the games listed on our platform

We have no affiliation or other relationship with the publishers of the games that are listed on our platform, and information about games is provided solely for personal and leisure purposes.

The rights of the relevant publishers of games are acknowledged on the relevant pages of our platform and links are included to their websites.

If you are the publisher of any of the games featured on our website and you do not wish them to be listed, please let us know at [email protected] and we will promptly remove the relevant game(s).

We are not responsible for websites we link to

Where our platform contains links to other sites (such as sites where games you are interested in are available for purchase), such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or the information or products you may obtain from them.

You acknowledge that the platform may enable you to purchase products and services from third parties via links to their websites and that you do so solely at your own risk. We make no representation, warranty or commitment, and shall have no liability or obligation to you whatsoever, in relation to your use of any such third-party website or any transactions entered into by you with any such third party. Any contract entered into and any transaction completed by you via any third-party website is between you and the relevant third party, and not us. We recommend that you refer to the third party's website terms and conditions and privacy policy prior to using the relevant third-party website.

We have no control over the contents of any third party sites that are linked from our platform.

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our platform will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your hardware, operating system and software to access our platform. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our platform 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 platform, the server on which our platform is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our platform. You must not attack our platform 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 platform will cease immediately.

No text or data mining, or web scraping

You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our platform or any services provided via, or in relation to, our platform. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):

• Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the platform or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
• Any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) we are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.

Rules about linking to our platform

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.

You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link to our platform in any website that is not owned by you.

Our platform must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our platform other than the home page.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the Content Standards.

If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our platform other than that set out above, please contact us at [email protected]

We may make changes to our platform

We may update and change our platform from time to time.

We may suspend or withdraw our platform

Our platform is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our platform, 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 platform for business and operational reasons.

You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our platform through your internet connection are aware of these terms of service and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

We may transfer this agreement to someone else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

Whether you are a consumer or a business user: 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. If you are a business user:

• We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our platform or any content on it.
• We will not be liable to you 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 platform; or
  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on our platform.
• In particular, we will not be liable for:
  • loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
  • business interruption;
  • loss of anticipated savings;
  • loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
  • any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
• Subject to the exclusions set out above, our total liability to you (including but not limited to liability in contract, tort (including negligence), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise) shall not exceed £50.

If you are a consumer user:

• Please note that we only provide our platform for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our platform 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.
• If defective digital content that we have supplied, damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation.

Which country's laws apply to any disputes?

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of service, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these terms of service, their subject matter and their 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.

Our trade mark is registered

"Gameroo" is a UK registered trade mark of Gameroo Ltd (registered trade mark number UK00003433298. You are not permitted to use them without our approval, unless as part of material you are using as permitted under How you may use material on our platform above.

Notice to rights owners

As detailed above in the section We are not affiliated to the publishers of the games listed on our platform, we acknowledge that we have no affiliation or other relationship with the publishers of the games that are listed on our platform, and information about games is provided solely for personal and leisure purposes.

If you are the publisher of any of the games featured on our website and you do not wish them to be listed, please let us know at [email protected] and we will promptly remove the relevant game(s).

If you believe that any material on our platform infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, please inform us at [email protected] and provide us with the following information:

• Details of the specific content that is claimed to be infringing your rights (such as links to the page where such content appears and a description of the content);
• Your contact information, including your name, telephone number and email address (and, if you are contacting us on behalf of a business or organisation that you work for or represent, the name and address of that business or organisation);
• A written and signed statement by you setting out that you are either the rights owner or that you have been authorised by the rights owner to communicate with us regarding the alleged infringement;
• A statement by you confirming all the information provided by you is true.

We take copyright and other intellectual property rights infringement complaints seriously, and we will immediately investigate the complaint and take appropriate action.