Terms of Service

If you are an BigCityDreamz.com employee or member creating or contributing to blogs, wikis, social networks or any other kind of social media – these guidelines are for you.

We expect all who participate in social media on behalf of BigCityDreamz.com to understand and follow these guidelines. Failure to do so could put your future participation at risk and where BigCityDreamz.com has administration rights, your contributions may be deleted. These guidelines are likely to be updated in the future – please check here for revisions.

Online media forms

BigCityDreamz.com has involvement with the following online media:

  • Corporate website
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube

Rules of Engagement

BigCityDreamz.com would like to encourage our employees and members at all levels engage in our online media facilities. BigCityDreamz.com recognises that the use of online media such as discussion forums and social networking sites can be informative in relation to professional areas and developing working relationships. We have therefore set out some simple rules of engagement to help you.

Openness and transparency

It is important to be open and transparent in order to build up trust with your audience. When you use online media you should clearly identify yourself using your real name and, if relevant, state your association with the Institution. If you are producing content on behalf of the Institution you must not remain anonymous. You should always check facts before publishing content online and not mislead your audience in anyway.

First person

Speak in first person and be yourself. Using an approachable tone and conveying your own personality can really help to encourage interaction between you and the audience.

Judgement

Remember that there are consequences to what you publish. There may be times where you feel something has been misrepresented. If you need to correct the content of another user please do so with respect and keep to the facts. If you feel even remotely uncomfortable with something you are about to publish try to identify why or seek advice.

Public domain

Be mindful of the fact that any content that you publish will be in the public domain and in some cases will remain public for a long time. You are personally responsible for any content that you publish. Be aware that your content may provoke a response and be open to the opinions of others.

Corrections

If you publish content which you later recognise as inaccurate or someone informs you that it is inaccurate, be honest about your mistake and correct it as soon as possible. Always include a correction statement to prevent the audience from thinking you have attempted to ‘cover up’ a mistake.

Representing BigCityDreamz.com

Use a disclaimer which explains that content is your personal opinion and does not represent the views of BigCityDreamz.com. For example: ‘the postings on this site are my own and do not necessarily represent BigCityDreamz.com’. Do not use BigCityDreamz.com logos or trademarks without approval. You are welcome to contact BigCityDreamz.com to review information you would like to publish or ask to use our branding if you think it would benefit your content.

Protect confidentiality

Protect yourself and the confidentiality of others and BigCityDreamz.com. While you should be identifiable you must protect your privacy and personal details. You should have consideration for the privacy of others and not disclose personal information about another user.


Respect

Do not use ethnic slurs, personal insults, obscenity, or engage in any conduct that would not be acceptable.

Add value

Provide informative content and interesting perspectives. BigCityDreamz.com is best represented by its members. When you decide to contribute to an online media resource you are deciding to be an ambassador for BigCityDreamz.com community. When you are producing content always consider how your information will improve knowledge, build on ideas and help to problem solve.

Moderation

BigCityDreamz.com has a responsibility to monitor and review all content that is associated with the organisation or posted on its behalf. If BigCityDreamz.com identifies content which is not in line with these guidelines it has a right to either a) delete content where it has administration rights on the specific site or b) demand the removal of content. Where content is deleted a correction notice will be published.

If you as user identify potentially damaging or content that is in breach of the guidelines please contact the BigCityDreamz.com.

Potential legal issues

BigCityDreamz.com cannot provide legal advice in relation to using online media. However there are a number of legal areas to keep in mind when using online media on behalf of BigCityDreamz.com:

  • consumer protection from unfair trading regulations 2008
  • intellectual property
  • disclosure / confidentiality
  • defamation
  • invasion of privacy

bigCityDreamz.com accepts no liability for legal breaches of individual users. Content published by those associated with BigCityDreamz.com are fully accountable for their own actions.

Welcome to BigCityDreamz.com!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Company Name's Website, located at Website.com.

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use BigCityDreamz.com if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company's terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and 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 for the express purpose of meeting the Client's needs in respect of provision of the Company's stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Netherlands. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Cookies
We employ the use of cookies. By accessing BigCityDreamz.com, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the BigCityDreamz.com's Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user's details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

License
Unless otherwise stated, BigCityDreamz.com and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Website BigCityDreamz.com. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from BigCityDreamz.com for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

Republish material from BigCityDreamz.com
Sell, rent or sub-license material from BigCityDreamz.com
Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from BigCityDreamz.com
This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. Company Name does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Company Name,its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, BigCityDreamz.com shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

BigCityDreamz.com reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;
The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
You hereby grant Company Name a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content
The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

Government agencies;
Search engines;
News organizations;
Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
dot.com community sites;
associations or other groups representing charities;
online directory distributors;
internet portals;
accounting, law and consulting firms; and
educational institutions and trade associations.
We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Company Name; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Company Name. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

By use of our BigCityDreamz.com; or
By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party's site.
No use of Company Name's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames
Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability
We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights
We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it's linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website
If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.