Terms of use

This website is operated by Walker Books Limited (referred to as “we”, “our”, “us” or “Walker Books”). Walker Books is registered in England and Wales under company number 1378601 and its registered office is at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ. If you use this website you will be deemed to have accepted the following terms of use (collectively referred to as the “Agreement”).

Access to our website is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service without notice (see below).

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for access to our website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons accessing the website through your internet connection are aware of the terms of this Agreement and comply with them.

Click the following link to read our Privacy Policy
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COPYRIGHT AND OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in and to this website and all content included on this website, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, images, image rights and software, is the property of Walker Books and/or its content suppliers. All such rights are expressly reserved. You may print off one copy of any page from our website for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on it. Our status (or that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on this website should always be acknowledged.

TRADEMARKS
“Walker” and the “Bear and candle” logos are registered trademarks of Walker Books. Other images, titles, names, characters and company names mentioned on this website may be the trade names or registered trademarks of Walker Books or their respective owners. All such trade names, logos and trademarks may not be used without our prior written consent or that of the respective owner or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion for customers or that disparages or discredits Walker Books or the respective owner.

USE LIMITATION
You may not use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, communicate to the public, display, perform, reproduce, publish, licence, create derivative works from, transfer or sell any images, graphics, files, software, products, information, content or services obtained from this website without our prior written permission. You may not frame any content from this website with advertising, promotional material, information or other content without our prior written consent.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE
You warrant to Walker Books that you will not use this website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Agreement. It is a condition of using this website that you will not violate or attempt to violate the security or integrity of the website, including, without limit, accessing data not intended for users of the website; attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the website for security breaches; attempting to interfere with service to users of the website (including, without limit, submitting a virus or corrupted data to the website, overloading the website or carrying out any form of denial of service attack, or continuously posting repetitive material on the website); attempting to decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the content or software comprising or making up any part of the website; and sending unsolicited advertising or other communications to users of the website.

USE OF WEBSITE SERVICES/POSTING CONTENT
Description
“Services” means where we provide areas of the website to post and exchange views, information, ideas and opinions (“Postings”). The Postings do not represent the views of Walker Books. We are not responsible for the content or opinions posted or sent by users in any Services. We may randomly pre-screen Postings and therefore not all Postings submitted will necessarily be posted via our Services. We will make every effort to ensure that our website best serves your interests and those of all users. We therefore reserve the right to vet, monitor, remove, suspend, destroy and change any Postings and/or content that is available on our Services.

If you find objectionable or offensive material in the Postings, please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing reportabuse@walker.co.uk

If you participate in any Services within our website you agree to follow our terms of use set out below.

Your Conduct You are solely responsible for the contents of your transmissions through the Services. You take responsibility for Postings under your name and use the information provided in the Services at your own risk. You recognise and accept that the Services provided by us are not intended to be anonymous. Submissions sent include the IP (Internet Protocol) address from which the login session originated with this header information, the source of a message can be narrowed dramatically (often directly to your computer). This is done for the protection of all users of our website. To report a misuse of these Conduct rules and regulations, please e-mail us at reportabuse@walker.co.uk

By using the Services you agree not to:

  • use the Services provided for chain letters, junk mail, spamming or any use of distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a process.
  • transmit through the Services any unlawful, harassing, libellous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature.
  • use the Services for illegal purposes.
  • use the Services to advertise or otherwise solicit funds or in such a way as is a solicitation for goods or services.
  • post any personal contact details (such as names, email addresses, telephone number, etc).

Safety

  • You should never reveal via the Services any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example: telephone number, home address or email address).
  • You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your details when using our Services.
  • Never assume that people are who they say they are, know what they say they know, or are affiliated with whom they say they are affiliated with in any user-generated content area. Information obtained in this way may not be reliable.
  • Use of Postings By posting any material as part of any Postings, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up and sub-licensable right (and grant us all necessary consents and licences) to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, annotate, abridge, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such material throughout the world in any format now known or later developed and via media for any purpose. In doing so you promise that you own or otherwise are able to grant to us all rights in and to the material submitted, that you have obtained all necessary rights, licences and consents in respect of such material to enable us to use the same in accordance with these terms and that use of such material by us will not infringe upon or violate the rights of any third party. Additionally you grant us the right to use your first name and age (if supplied) (but no other personally identifying information) in connection with such material. You waive and agree not to assert any moral or other similar rights you may have in and to such material.

If you do not want to grant us these rights please do not submit any Postings to us.

If you are under the age of 13, please DO NOT submit any Postings. Please ask your parent or guardian to submit any postings on your behalf.

PRIZE DRAW TERMS & CONDITIONS

Websites

We may from time to time offer prize draws on our websites which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

  • No purchase necessary.
  • All prize draws featured on our websites are promoted by Walker Books Ltd., a company incorporated in England under registered number 1378601 and having its registered office at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this prize draw.
  • Entries for any prize draw containing invalid e-mail addresses will be automatically disqualified.
  • Prize(s) offered for any prize draw are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted.
  • To enter our prize draws you must be aged 13 or over, resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
  • If you are under 13, please DO NOT enter the prize draw. Please ask your parent or guardian to enter for you.
  • Only one entry may be made per e-mail address to each prize draw.
  • Entries received after the closing date for each prize draw as stated will not be considered.
  • The winner(s) will be the first entry(ies) selected at random and the runners-up (if any) will be the next entry(ies) selected at random from all complete and eligible entries received and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
  • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
  • The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s).
  • The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • By entering each prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
  • The rules of each prize draw shall be governed by UK law.
  • All personal details submitted with each prize draw entry will be held in accordance with the
  • Promoter’s Privacy Policy and all applicable laws relating to the protection of Personal Data or privacy which have effect in the United Kingdom from time to time, including (but not limited to) the
  • Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations.
  • By entering a prize draw, an entrant is providing his/her personal data to the Promoter as “data controller”. We will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of administering this prize draw and will not be shared with other companies except to the extent necessary to provide the prize and all data will be deleted following completion of the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details

Facebook
We may from time to time offer prize draws on our Walker Books Facebook pages which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

  • No purchase necessary.
  • All prize draws featured on our Facebook are promoted by Walker Books Ltd., a company incorporated in England under registered number 1378601 and having its registered office at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this prize draw
  • By entering a prize draw, entrants acknowledge that all prize draws, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
  • Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a prize draw on Facebook must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Facebook.
  • All entries must comply with Facebook community standards (found at https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
  • Prize(s) offered for any prize draw are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted.
  • To enter our prize draws on Facebook you must be aged 13 or over, resident in the UK or the
  • Republic of Ireland and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
  • Each entrant shall enter the prize draw via Facebook, in the manner specified in the prize draw post, which may include:
    • Liking one of our Facebook pages.
    • Sending a message to our page.
    • Commenting on one of our page updates.
  • Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
  • Only one entry may be made per Facebook account to each prize draw.
  • Entries received after the closing date for each prize draw as stated will not be considered.
  • The winner(s) will be the first entry(ies) selected at random and the runners-up (if any) will be the next entry(ies) selected at random from all complete and eligible entries received and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
  • The winner(s) will be notified through a direct private message on Facebook.
  • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
  • The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s).
  • The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • By entering each prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
  • The rules of each prize draw shall be governed by UK law.
  • All personal details submitted with each prize draw entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and all applicable laws relating to the protection of Personal Data or privacy which have effect in the United Kingdom from time to time, including (but not limited to) the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations.
  • By entering a prize draw, an entrant is providing his/her personal data to the Promoter as “data controller”. We will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of administering the prize draw and will not be shared with other companies except to the extent necessary to provide the prize and all data will be deleted following completion of the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details

Twitter
We may from time to time offer prize draws on our Twitter Account which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

  • No purchase necessary.
  • All prize draws featured on our Twitter Accounts are promoted by Walker Books Ltd., a company incorporated in England under registered number 1378601 and having its registered office at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this prize draw
  • By entering a prize draw, entrants acknowledge that all prize draws, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Twitter.
  • Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a prize draw on Twitter must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Twitter.
  • All entries must comply with Twitter policies (found at https://support.twitter.com/categories/284) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
  • Prize(s) offered for any prize draw are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted.
  • To enter our prize draws on Twitter you must be aged 13 or over, resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
  • Each entrant shall enter the prize draw via Twitter, in the manner specified in the prize draw announcement, which may include:
    • Retweeting one of our tweets
    • Replying to one of our tweets
    • Tweeting a picture to one of our Twitter accounts and/or a specified hashtag
    • Following one of our Twitter accounts
  • Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
  • Only one entry may be made per Twitter account to each prize draw.
  • Entries received after the closing date for each prize draw as stated will not be considered.
  • The winner(s) will be the first entry(ies) selected at random and the runners-up (if any) will be the next entry(ies) selected at random from all complete and eligible entries received and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
  • The winner(s) will be contacted through a private Direct Message on Twitter.
  • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
  • The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s).
  • The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • By entering each prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
  • The rules of each prize draw shall be governed by UK law.
  • All personal details submitted with each prize draw entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and all applicable laws relating to the protection of Personal Data or privacy which have effect in the United Kingdom from time to time, including (but not limited to) the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations.
  • By entering a prize draw, an entrant is providing his/her personal data to the Promoter as “data controller”. We will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of administering the prize draw and will not be shared with other companies except to the extent necessary to provide the prize and all data will be deleted following completion of the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details

Tumblr
We may from time to time offer prize draws on our Tumblr Page which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

  • No purchase necessary.
  • All prize draws featured on our Tumblr are promoted by Walker Books Ltd., a company incorporated in England under registered number 1378601 and having its registered office at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this prize draw
  • By entering a prize draw, entrants acknowledge that all prize draws, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Tumblr.
  • Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a prize draw featured on Tumblr must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Tumblr.
  • All entries must comply with Tumblr’s community guidelines (found at https://www.tumblr.com/policy/en/community) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
  • Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
  • Prize(s) offered for any prize draw are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted.
  • To enter our prize draws on Tumblr you must be 18 or older, resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
  • Each entrant shall enter the prize draw via Tumblr, in the manner specified in the prize draw announcement.
  • Only one entry may be made per email address to each prize draw.
  • Entries received after the closing date for each prize draw as stated will not be considered.
  • The winner(s) will be the first entry(ies) selected at random and the runners-up (if any) will be the next entry(ies) selected at random from all complete and eligible entries received and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
  • The winner(s) will be contacted through email on Tumblr.
  • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
  • The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s).
  • The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • By entering each prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
  • The rules of each prize draw shall be governed by UK law.
  • All personal details submitted with each prize draw entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and all applicable laws relating to the protection of Personal Data or privacy which have effect in the United Kingdom from time to time, including (but not limited to) the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations.
  • By entering a prize draw, an entrant is providing his/her personal data to the Promoter as “data controller”. We will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of administering the prize draw and will not be shared with other companies except to the extent necessary to provide the prize and all data will be deleted following completion of the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details

Instagram
We may from time to time offer prize draws on our Instagram Account which shall (unless expressly stated otherwise or if there are some specific terms and conditions applicable to a particular promotion (“Promotion Terms”) in which case the Promotion Terms shall prevail in the event of any conflict with these terms) be governed by the following general terms and conditions:

  • No purchase necessary.
  • All prize draws featured on our Instagram are promoted by Walker Books Ltd., a company incorporated in England under registered number 1378601 and having its registered office at 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (the “Promoter”) and are not open to employees of the Promoter, their families and anyone else professionally connected to this prize draw.
  • By entering a prize draw, entrants acknowledge that all prize draws, contests, sweepstakes, or giveaways are in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram.
  • Any questions, comments or complaints regarding a prize draw featured on Instagram must be directed to the Promoter rather than to Instagram.
  • All entries must comply with Instagram community guidelines (found at https://help.instagram.com/477434105621119/) and must not be vulgar, obscene or otherwise offensive or inflammatory and must not infringe the rights of any other person.
  • Obscene or inappropriate entries will not be accepted and the Promoter reserves the right to reject any entries for any reason at its sole discretion.
  • Prize(s) offered for any prize draw are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative; in the event a prize offered is unavailable a similar prize of greater or equal value will be substituted.
  • To enter our prize draws on Instagram you must be aged 13 or over, resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and follow the entry instructions given, providing all the information requested.
  • Each entrant shall enter the prize draw via Instagram, in the manner specified in the prize draw announcement, which may include one, or several, of the below:
    • Following a Walker account on Instagram.
    • Liking a picture on a Walker account on Instagram
    • Commenting on a picture on a Walker account on Instagram
    • Posting a picture on Instagram to a specific hashtag
    • Posting a picture on Instagram and tagging a Walker account
  • Only one entry may be made per Instagram account to each prize draw.
  • Entries received after the closing date for each prize draw as stated will not be considered.
  • The winner(s) will be the first entry(ies) selected at random and the runners-up (if any) will be the next entry(ies) selected at random from all complete and eligible entries received and will be notified within 30 days of the closing date.
  • The winner(s) will be notified through a private Direct Message on Instagram.
  • The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are late, lost, damaged, illegible or corrupted in transit.
  • The winner(s) must claim their prize(s) within 30 days of notification by the Promoter otherwise they will forfeit their prize(s).
  • The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  • By entering each prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be amended at any time by the Promoter.
  • The rules of each prize draw shall be governed by UK law
  • All personal details submitted with each prize draw entry will be held in accordance with the Promoter’s Privacy Policy and all applicable laws relating to the protection of Personal Data or privacy which have effect in the United Kingdom from time to time, including (but not limited to) the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations.
  • By entering a prize draw, an entrant is providing his/her personal data to the Promoter as “data controller”. We will use any data submitted by entrants only for the purposes of administering the prize draw and will not be shared with other companies except to the extent necessary to provide the prize and all data will be deleted following completion of the prize draw, unless otherwise stated in the entry details

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
Nothing in this Agreement shall exclude our liability for:

  • death or personal injury arising through negligence;
  • fraudulent misrepresentation; or
  • anything else that cannot be excluded under English law.

We do not warrant or represent that material downloaded and/or accessed via or from our web site will be free or viruses or other similar contaminants and you should operate the most up-to-date virus protection software at all times.

Other than as stated in this Agreement, we:

  • do not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage which may arise from reliance on any information contained in this website;
  • do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from any reliance placed on third party content on the website by you or anyone who may be informed of any of its contents;
  • disclaim all warranties, express or implied, as to any goods on the website and/or the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials on our website and will accept no liability for any loss or damage arising out of problems with access to the website and any commentary and other materials posted on our website are provided for general information purposes only and are not intended to be relied upon by you; and
  • do not accept responsibility for any loss, damage or costs suffered or incurred by you arising from viruses or contaminants contracted by you or your machine via accessing or using our website.
    We do not endorse and assume no responsibility for the accuracy or content of the website (including any comments, recommendations, Postings or suggestions from readers, Walker Books or others).

While Walker Books uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on this website, Walker Books cannot guarantee its accuracy or that it is free of errors or omissions.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
This website may contain links to third party websites. Walker Books does not endorse such website(s) or their contents and is not responsible for such contents and makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents, accuracy or functionality of such website(s).

NO UNAUTHORISED LINKING
You may not link to or from this website to another website without our prior written consent.

ACCESS RESTRICTION
Walker Books, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to deny any user access to this website either in part or as a whole without notice.

MODIFICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Walker Books reserves the right to make changes to this website and the terms of this Agreement by placing a notification of such changes on the website’s homepage. You are bound by such revisions once such notification has been placed on the website’s homepage and you continue to use the website. If you do not accept any such changes, you should stop using the website. You should periodically visit this page to review the current terms of the Agreement.

APPLICABLE LAW
The English Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to this website. English law will apply to this Agreement.

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