Terms and conditions of use

1. Your account
   1. All member accounts are governed by and subject to the following rules:
      1. All members completing the registration process must provide us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the registration process. You will choose a user id and password. We have the right to refuse to grant you an account at our sole discretion. Registration is necessary for those members who wish to look for travel companions as well as those who wish to create their own group. Regardless of whether you register, you agree to the terms of this agreement and are responsible for your posted journeys.
      2. Use of your account is expressly limited to you. Your account may not be transferred or shared with any other party, temporarily or permanently.
      3. You are entirely responsible for all use of your account and for the confidentiality of your password. You are entirely responsible for any and all statements made and activities that occur through your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. To protect your privacy, the Company will suspend access or change access to your account immediately upon notification by you that your password has been lost, stolen or otherwise compromised.
      4. To cancel your account, you agree to delete yourself from our database on the ‘My Settings’ page. In the event of termination, you will remain obligated not to violate the rights of any person or entity with respect to any materials you may have received or downloaded via this site.
      5. You are responsible for all telephone or internet access charges related to connecting to this site.
2. Journey matching and groups
   1. This site does not intend to be a service of any sort, merely a method by which individuals may initiate contact with each other.
   2. Users are advised that no checks whatsoever are made against anyone joining the facility either offering or accepting offers of lifts. Individuals should, therefore, exercise caution and satisfy themselves that the person or persons that they are travelling with are suitable.
   3. The Company takes no responsibility for any personal or financial consequences, which result from the use of this site. We simply provide a "virtual notice board" which allows you to post journeys, search for matches and contact individuals.
   4. Please note that links to websites created and/or maintained by organisations other than the Company are provided as part of the facility we offer. However, the Company cannot accept any liability for their accuracy or content and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.
   5. The facility is designed to accommodate a diversity of interests and opinions. Just like any community, however, group administrators and participants must conduct themselves in an appropriate manner. The facility may not be used to post or transmit any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would harm liftshare.com ltd's business interests, constitute a criminal offence, exploit children, violate rights of others, or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law. liftshare.com ltd reserves the right to remove any group or participant, which in its sole judgement, violates these guidelines.
   6. The Company and its affiliates are under no obligation to monitor or review discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, and groups.
   7. Further, the comapny reserves the right, at any time and for any or no reason, to limit, deny, modify or discontinue the facility with or without notice to you. The company shall not be liable to you or any third party should the company exercise its right to modify or discontinue the facility.
3. Rules of online behavior you agree to the following terms and conditions:
   1. You are prohibited from posting, publishing, distributing, uploading, downloading, disseminating, transmitting or linking to other web sites that contain material which
      1. Is unlawful, defamatory, fraudulent, libellous, threatening, abusive, disruptive, sexually explicit, bigoted, harassing or obscene material;
      2. Would violate the privacy, publicity proprietary or other rights of any person or entity;
      3. Constitutes or promotes a criminal offence, or otherwise violate any local, state, national, or international law.
      4. Contain corrupted files, viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs or any other harmful contaminating, or destructive features.
      5. Contain contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk mail, spamming or flaming;
      6. Advertise, promote, market, solicit orders for or offer to buy, sell, lease or license products, goods and facilities. Use of this site for advertising or promotion of a commercial product or facility without the express, written consent of the company is prohibited.
   2. You are prohibited from uploading or reproducing any information protected by copyright without obtaining permission of the copyright owner. Only public domain files, and files in which the author has given you express consent to copy and redistribute online or otherwise, may be uploaded to this site, including any software files or libraries.
   3. You are prohibited from harvesting, aggregating, mining, copying or otherwise collecting information about others, including but not limited to names, email addresses, passwords, telephone numbers, usage information without their consent.
   4. You are prohibited from stalking or harassing others. You are further prohibited from creating a user id to creating a false identity for the purpose of misleading others of your identity or to impersonate another person.
   5. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to, tamper with, modify, or hack the facility.
   6. Information and materials which you find published on this site may be the property of the company or an information provider, and may be protected by copyright or may contain protected trademarks. You may not copy, redistribute or commercially exploit such materials without the express written permission of the owner(s) of such information or materials.
   7. You may not violate any applicable law or regulation of any relevant jurisdiction.
4. Policies for members under 18 years of age
   1. For those users under 16, you may not use this facility.
   2. If you are under 18, you must have parent/guardian consent to use this facility.
5. Member representations, warranties and acknowledgment
   1. You warrant that all material that you submit for publication or posting on this site will not violate or infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory, common law or proprietary rights of others, or contain anything obscene or libelous. You grant the company a non-exclusive, irrevocable, right to copy, display, sublicense, transmit, and create derivative works to, the information or materials you have published or posted on, or distributed through the facility. the company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, but is under no obligation, to refuse to post, delete or edit information that you submit or enter onto this site, including but not limited to electronic message boards, databases, and software libraries. You agree that you will not hold, nor seek to hold, the Company liable for the loss of data or the misappropriation or infringement of any intellectual property right (including but limited to any copyright or moral right) to which you claim ownership.
   2. You acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor its third party facility providers endorse the content of any member and is not responsible or liable for any content, even though it could be unlawful, harassing, libelous, privacy invading, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable, or that it infringes or may infringe the intellectual property or other rights of another. You acknowledge that the Company and its third party facility providers do not pre-screen content, but that the Company and its designees will have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse, edit, move or remove any content that is publicly available via the facility. The Company does not control the content posted via the facility and, as such, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such content. You understand that by using the facility, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will the Company be liable in any way for any content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the facility.
   3. Any links included within the facility may permit you to leave the web site. You acknowledge that these linked sites are not under the control of liftshare.com and liftshare.com shall not be responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. All such sites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of the owner of such site. The Company is not responsible and shall have no liability for webcasting, or any other form of transmission received from any linked site.
   4. If ordering merchandise and/or facilities from anyone other than the Company, through any commercial facility accessible via the Company, all transaction terms including but not limited to purchase terms, payment terms, warranties, guarantees, maintenance, and delivery, are solely between you and the seller of the merchandise or facilities. You are solely responsible for fulfilling any contractual/e-commerce or other obligations you assume using the facility. The Company makes no warranties or representations whatsoever with regard to any goods or facilities provided by the seller of the merchandise or facilities and shall not be liable for the costs or damages arising, either directly or indirectly, from the products or facilities or from the actions or inactions of the seller.
   5. You acknowledge that the Company has the right to archive or delete any of your journeys on liftshare's facility which are older than 6 months.
   6. You acknowledge that the Company does not represent or warrant the facility will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected.
   7. You acknowledge and agree that the Company shall retain all title, copyright and other proprietary rights in its software and all aspects of the facility. You shall not acquire any rights, express or implied, in the facility, other than those specified in this agreement.
6. Termination
   1. The Company may terminate your account if it believes, in its sole discretion, that you have violated any of the rules of online behavior. The Company may also immediately terminate your membership and right to use the facility if:
      1. You breach this agreement
      2. The Company is unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to the Company
      3. Such information is inaccurate,
      4. The Company decides, in its sole discretion, that you have abandoned your account or
      5. The Company decides, in its sole discretion, to discontinue offering the facility. The Company shall not be liable to you or any third party for termination of the facility. You may terminate the facility with or without cause at any time. Should you object to any terms and conditions of this agreement or any subsequent modifications hereto, or if you become dissatisfied with the facility in any way, your sole recourse is to immediately:
         1. discontinue use of the facility
         2. You breach this agreement
         3. The Company is unable to cancel your account as provided in section ii; and
         4. Notify the Company of your termination. Upon termination of the facility, your right to use the facility immediately ceases.
7. No representation or warranties
   1. Your use of the facility is entirely at your own risk. The facility is provided on an "as is, as available" basis. No warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to those of merchantability, noninfringement, or fitness for a particular purpose, are made with respect to liftshare.com or any information or software therein. liftshare.com makes no warranty that the facilities and/or any graphics or other content you download from the facility will meet your requirements, or that the facility will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor does liftshare.com, its licensors or suppliers make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the facility or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the facility or that defects in the facility will be corrected. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
8. Limited liability
   1. In no event shall the Company, its licensors or suppliers be liable to you or any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, resulting from the use or the inability to use the facility, and/or any graphics or other content, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, however caused on any theory of liability (including negligence) even if the company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Further the company shall have no liability to you or other third parties for any third party content uploaded onto or downloaded from the facility. You specifically acknowledge and agree that the Company will not be liable for the conduct, advice or statement of other members, advertiser or third parties.
9. Indemnification.
   1. You agree to indemnify and hold the company, its parents, subsidiaries, officers and employees, harmless from any claims and expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, related to:
      1. Your use of the facility, including any content provided under your account;
      2. Any breach of agreement, including any abusive or unlawful behavior on the part of you or your dependents; or
      3. Breach of any warranty or representation.
10. Entire agreement general terms.
    1. This agreement is governed in all respects by English law and the courts of England shall have jurisdiction. If any provision of this agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. The Company’s failure to act with respect to a breach by you does not waive the Company’s right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. You may not assign or transfer this agreement or any rights hereunder, and any attempt to the contrary is void. This agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each party's successors and assigns. The Company shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting directly or indirectly from any causes beyond the Company’s reasonable control. Any notice required or permitted to be given to you under this agreement shall be delivered by electronic mail the email address provided by you during registration. This agreement constitutes the complete and exclusive understanding and agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, proposals, agreements, negotiations, and discussions between the parties, whether written or oral.

Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users of the site, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change it.

1. Information the Company Gathers and Tracks
   1. The company gathers two types of information about users: data that users provide through optional, voluntary registration; and data the company gathers through tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views and journey plan posts throughout the MyBUDi Network. Such information enables us to better tailor our features and content to users' needs and to help our clients better understand the demographics of our members.
   2. The company currently gathers user information in the following processes:
      1. Optional Registration
         the site offers free, voluntary registration to users. By registering, users can enter journey plans, post new journey plans and reply to existing journey plans; they can take advantage of personalization (the ability to filter matches according to a user-supplied criteria); and they have the ability to edit existing journey plans.
         During registration the user is required to supply information including their name, age, gender, an email address and telephone number. Users may also be asked optional questions.
      2. Surveys
         Occasionally, the company conducts user surveys to better understand the needs of our audience in order to improve our features. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our partners. We never share any information about specific individuals with any third party without user's express consent.
      3. Usage Tracking
         The site tracks user traffic patterns throughout its Network. This information may be used to help personalize the the site facility or target advertising. The company also breaks down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
      4. Cookies
         A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. The site uses cookies to allow automatic logins and to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
         When you register, the site uses a cookie to store a unique, random user ID.
         You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR COOKIES TURNED ON TO USE THE facility
2. Use of the Information
   1. The company uses any information given by our users to enhance their experience, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the Network or to better prepare future features based on the interests of our users.
   2. The company uses your email information to provide more journey matching features. At a user's request we will send out emails notifying the user of replies to specific journey postings. We also provide the option for the user to allow other users to respond to postings directly via their email. Finally, for users who create groups, we can provide many management tools that the user can opt to receive via email. The company may also send the user email notifications of specific changes to our facility. The company never shares individual email addresses, telephone numbers or postcodes with any third parties, including advertisers or partners, without prior consent from our users.
   3. If during registration a member opts to be contacted by telephone then their telephone number will be viewable by other members of the scheme.
   4. The company creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for clients and partners. This allows our clients to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive information that is pertinent to their needs.
3. Sharing of the Information
   1. The company uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and to help our clients better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our online facility free. We do not share individually identifiable information about specific users with any third party without prior consent from the user. The company does not control the practices of our clients. If you have questions about how one of our clients, your administrator, uses information about you please contact them directly (the company will divulge information only as necessary to comply with UK law.)
4. Correct/Update Policy
   1. The company offers users the ability to correct or change the information collected during registration process (see above). The instructions for doing this can be found by clicking on the My Settings link. Users may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. Users may also delete their account at any time by contacting support@liftshare.com. Users who are experiencing problems or who have any questions can contact us at support@liftshare.com.

1. The site does not intend to be a facility of any sort, merely a method by which individuals may initiate contact with each other.
2. Users of the site are advised that no checks whatsoever are made against anyone joining the facility either offering or accepting offers of lifts. Individuals should, therefore, exercise caution and satisfy themselves that the person or persons that they are travelling with are suitable.
3. liftshare.com ltd takes no responsibility for any personal or financial consequences, which result from the use of this site.
4. Please note that links to websites created and/or maintained by organisations other than liftshare.com Ltd are provided as part of the facility we offer. However, liftshare.com Ltd cannot accept any liability for their accuracy or content and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.