Terms & Conditions

Website Conditions of Use - Data Protection

This site is owned and operated by plantlives.com. By accessing this site you are agreeing to the terms set out below. If you have any questions or comments please contact sue@plantlives.com
If any dispute arises from the use of this website, you agree that these terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Copyright

Plantlives.com owns the copyright and all other intellectual property rights associated with the content of this Website, except where otherwise stated.

You are welcome to print individual pages or store them in electronic form on a PC for your own personal use. You may not reproduce, modify, or use for financial gain any material on this Site without first obtaining permission from the copyright holders or owners concerned.

Should you believe that any material on this web site is your copyright and is used without permission please contact us to resolve the matter.

Quality and Integrity of Website Content

Plantlives.com will maintain the highest possible standards of quality and integrity in the information provided on this Site and will endeavour to keep it up-to-date. If you find any errors or out-of-date information please email us with the details at sue@plantlives.com

While every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of information on this Site, Plantlives.com accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements on these pages. Plantlives.com cannot be held liable for any action you may take as a result of relying on such information or advice or for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of taking this action.

Some of the Plant Biographies contain quotations from documents or persons. Plantlives.com has used its best endeavours to ensure that all quotations are reproduced accurately. Any judgement of the phraseology or wording used in these quotations should be based upon their original context.

Accuracy of Advertising and Commercial Details

Where Plantlives.com provides details of companies, firms or individuals in business directories or other pages on this site, the description of the goods or services they are offering is supplied by those bodies. Plantlives.com cannot confirm that such bodies are legally entitled or professionally qualified to carry on a particular trade, business or profession and bears no liability for merely presenting their details. You should check any information obtained from the website before you act upon it.

Contributions to the Website

Plantlives.com welcomes any contributions eg. photographs, text or other material, from you. However in contibuting you agree to comply with the following rules and any additional rules that may be introduced eg. the need to register. Your contribution must not contain

• anything unlawful, threatening, abusive, libellous, indecent or pornographic, or any offensive language;
• a virus or any other harmful software.

By contributing you will be declaring

• the material is yours to give and that you are responsible for its integrity and accuracy;

and consenting to our decision as final as to

• our collection, processing and storage of the information you provide.
• its use;
• our acknowledgement of the source;

Plantlives.com will assume that any material offered is unencumbered – and reserves the right to

• check your material as appropriate with recognised authorities/experts;
• attribute photographs to you as copyrighted;
• absorb your  textual material eg. a common name or brief anecdote without attribution;
• attribute significant textual material by acknowledgement in the Dedications.

Java Scripts and Active X Elements

There may be pages on this site that use Java scripts or ActiveX elements to enhance their appearance or functionality. Plantlives.com appreciates that because it is possible to use these add-ins to make changes to the settings on a PC, some users may have disabled them in their browser, or their office network may not allow them. You may find, therefore, that there are pages that may not display properly, or the interactive elements will not work for you.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer's hard disc through your web browser.

• Cookies can be used to compile anonymous statistics or to enable us to recognise you when you visit this site and to tailor the service you receive. This service may allow you to view pages that may be restricted or enable you to avoid any login procedures that may be introduced when you move from page to page. You do not have to allow cookies to be placed on your machine and you can set your browser to notify you before receiving a cookie. Plantlives.com makes use of cookies only for the purposes of recognising when you are logged on to the site. Refusing to accept a cookie will not stop you visiting the Plantlives.com Website;
• No cookie placed by Plantlives.com will contain any personal information nor will it be used to collect any information from your computer.

Plantlives.com assumes all information on the site is genuine and cannot be held responsible for any action taken as a result of it being false or misleading.