Terms and protection of personal data
Last Updated: 1 May 2009.
1. Who are we
PointBlog are a web site and a service that offers its users to earn points by making use of blogging through PointBlog.
These conditions explain how you can use PointBlogs services and website (www.pointblog.co.uk), and how we protect your privacy.
The accrued points are then used to order products from PointShops suppliers in the shop at PointShop (www.pointshop.co.uk). PointShop is a web site and a service that offers its users to earn points by making use of advertisers’‘ offers through PointShop.
You should also read the terms and protection of personal data from PointShop at www.pointshop.co.uk/terms.asp
PointBlog are concept that are developed and operated by:
PointBlog ApS
Algade 44, 2.sal,
DK-9000 Aalborg
Denmark
CVR no. 32356753
Tel. +45 98 116 450 (Monday - Friday, 9.00 - 15.00)
E-mail: info@pointblog.co.uk
Read more about PointBlog ApS via www.cmnetwork.dk
Terms and protection of personal data is current for PointBlog ApS and hence also CM Network A/S.
We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and in the following we explain on what basis we treat personal information that we collect from you or that you provide us. For details of our specific treatment of personal information under section 6 of personal data.
Please read the entire text on the conditions and protection of personal data carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your use of the PointBlog and your personal data.
You cannot make use of PointBlog if you do not accept the conditions for use of PointBlog and Point Shop.
2. Terms and contract award
2.1 Acceptance of the terms and agreement.
When you register as a user (member) of PointBlog, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to PointBlogs conditions, and that this shall be deemed to constitute an agreement between you and PointBlog, and you and PointBlog is bound by the conditions terms.
By signing up for PointBlog, you also give consent to PointBlog must send electronic newsletters to you on the e-mail address, you sign up with. The newsletter contains information on offers, including products, promotions, sweepstakes and other, offered via PointBlog by PointShops advertisers.
We reserve the right to update, transform and change the conditions and our policy on protection of personal data as necessary and without prior notice. All such updates, modifications, and changes are binding on all users of PointBlog, and will be posted here. You are therefore invited regularly to keep you informed about the content of our conditions and protection of personal data. Major updates, modifications, and changes in the conditions will be published on the front of the PointBlogs homepage.
2.2 Rights
All rights to the concept Point and Blog Site www.pointplog.co.uk, its service concept, design, content and share items including but not limited to text, graphics, photographs, sound and video recordings, software and URLs belong to PointBlog and/or advertiser and/or supplier and shall not, without PointBlogs and/or advertiser and/or vendor specific prior consent copied, displayed or distributed to third parties, including ordinary linking and deep linking. Exercise without such permission of the concept PointBlog, www.pointblog.co.uk website and its contents constitute a violation of copyright law, including this Act rules on database protection, just as there can be no other violations of other intellectual property legislation, and Marketing Act.
3. Registration as a user (member)
3.1 A special note for children under 15 years
You must be 15 or older to sign up Point Blog. Do not join, if you are less than 15 years.
3.2 A special note to parents of children less than 15 years.
While we prohibit enrolment of children less than 15 years, should you as parents supervise your children’‘s online activities and consider options for safer use of Internet by using controlling programs from online services and software providers that help to create a child-friendly environment on the Internet.
These tools can also prevent children pass on their name, address and other personal information without parental permission.
For additional information on child-friendly environment on the Internet, you can visit http://andk.medieraadet.dk/Internet/Europe% 20Direct.aspx
3.3 Information on personal information and password.
To use PointBlog please tell us about your identity, be a private person, more than 15 years, not incapacitated adults and reside in the UK.
If there are changes in your personal information, you are obliged to update them at PointBlog.
3.4 E-mail address and personal password.
When you sign up at PointBlog, you have to register with an e-mail address and an optional password.
The password is total personal information that you are obliged to keep to yourself and therefore must not delegate to others. It gives you the assurance that only you can access your account on www.pointblog.co.uk.
If you suspect that someone has accessed your password, you must immediately notify PointBlogs Support. Failing this, you could be liable for any abuse. You will shortly receive a confirmation from the Support of the fact that we have blocked your account indicating the time of your message.
PointBlog is not responsible for any loss due to a third party obtains access to the account, or there is disclosure of passwords to third parties.
You must be a registered user of the e-mail address you are using. This means that your e-mail account must be personal and must be attached to an e-mail account with a password. Your e-mails may not be available to others. Your e-mail account should not automatically delete your e-mail. Thus, for example do not mailinator.com and similar.
3.5 User Account (member account).
We only allow one user per account per person. It is not allowed to have multiple user accounts. It is thus not allowed to create a user account on his home address and one at his office address, educational or similar.
It is not allowed to join with another person’‘s e-mail address, name or other personal information. It is also not allowed to carry out bid or buy with another person’‘s e-mail address, name or other personal information.
Anyone who has multiple user accounts (whether it is from the same IP or e-mail address) can get all user accounts closed and lose all their accrued points.
Any user, who gets his/her account closed, cannot create another account at PointBlog.
3.6 Newsletters
As service from PointBlog you receive electronic newsletters from PointBlog via e-mail to inform you about news and offers.
PointBlog bears no responsibility if a newsletter or other communications from PointBlog does not reach a user, or if a user’‘s e-mail or other communications do not come to PointBlog, for example, if the e-mails will be caught in spam filters.
3.7 Closing Account
If you want to close your account, you can easily and quickly at any time do so via http://pointblog.co.uk/Faq.htm?jCjRtLlIjWA%3d
You can instead choose to write an e-mail containing your e-mail address to info@cmnetwork.dk If the sender e-mail address matches the e-mail address to which the account is opened with, we will close your account.
Once your account is closed, you will automatically be deleted as user of PointBlog, and you lose all the points you’‘ve earned through PointBlog. The points that you have earned at PointBlog will be deducted from your account at PointShop.
Your blog posts and blog comments will not be erased.
If you wish to withdraw your blog posts and comments, please contact Support.
3.8 Unauthorized access.
Any attempt unauthorized access (e.g. Hacking) for the site is illegal and will be prosecuted.
4. Earning points through blogging.
4.1 Creating blog posts.
You can earn points by blogging in ways that are clear from www.pointblog.co.uk. You only earn points if you follow the procedure for the creation of blog posts.
You do not earn points by blogging on other sites, etc. You also only earn points by creating blog posts that you have not already created earlier through other websites, etc.
If we find that the points earned by unlawful means, for example by exploiting technical vulnerabilities in PointBlogs system, your account will be closed without further notice. In this case you will be deleted as a user at PointBlog, and you lose any points that you’‘ve earned.
In order to earn points you should first make sure that your browser is set to accept all cookies, so PointBlog can detect the process correctly.
4.2 Editing of blog post
PointBlog reserve the right to edit your blog posts and comments in preparation to increase the number of viewers of your blog posts and comments on the basis of searches on search engines.
4.3 Requirements and guidelines for blog posts.
PointBlog does not control the content that you publish in advance, but reserves the right to conduct random checks on the blog. You must be sure that the content of any of your posts are not racist, libellous, obscene, violates another’‘s privacy or otherwise violate any applicable laws, just as it cannot encourage others to break the law. Read more about the rules of racist and libellous posts at www.cfje.dk.
In addition, make sure that your posts do not violate intellectual property rights of others, including but not limited to copyright and trademark rights. You represent so that you possess the necessary rights to the material that you upload.
To the extent that your post contains pictures and video material with other people, please be aware that these may have to authorize the publication. This could be the case if the images are recorded on private premises. You bear the responsibility to obtain the necessary permits from those encountered in image or video material.
Read more about the publication of pictures on the Internet
www.datatilsynet.dk/include/show.article.asp?art_id=584.
Please be aware that you are in your posts must not identify other otherwise, for example, by entering their full name, address, telephone number, email address or similar without their consent.
You must also not reveal confidential information.
Your posts must not contain content of a pornographic nature.
You may not in your posts harass or otherwise annoy or demean others.
Your posts must not be in the nature of commercial messages, and they must not contain advertising, commercial Internet links, links and similar.
Never download or otherwise copy the material, as others have published/uploaded, unless it is for your own personal use.
Your posts must respect the current legislation, and you bear the legal and criminal liability for that is the case. Any claims against PointBlog.co.uk as a result of your posts will therefore always be pursued to you, and you must keep PointBlog.co.uk harmless in every respect.
Your posts must always meet our general guidelines, which can be found via
www.pointblog.co.uk/CreatBlogPost.htm. Violations of these guidelines could lead to your blog entries will be rejected, and in serious/repeated cases, your blog will be deleted.
4.4 Violation of the requirements and guidelines.
If you’‘re after PointBlogs assessment violates these requirements or guidelines, PointBlog reserves the right to edit your posts, so they are brought in line with the requirements and guidelines. At the same time PointBlog has the right to modify the value of the blog and thus marking of the created blog.
PointBlog is also always entitled to delete your posts, your information, pictures and video material or portions thereof from the blog on www.pointblog.co.uk without prior notice if PointBlog evaluate or are made aware of that your blog is contrary to existing law and these requirements and guidelines.
If your posts more than twice has been offensive, discriminatory and insulting or is manifestly unlawful or illegal, then PointBlog have the right without prior notice to delete your user, so you can no longer use the blog on www.pointblog.co.uk.
Repeated violations of these requirements and guidelines resulting in expulsion from PointBlog as a whole, and violation of law, including those on peace and defamation, privacy violations, copyright law, etc.., Can lead to report to the police.
It is only PointBlogs decision, how the violation of these guidelines is sanctioned. PointBlog calls for self justice on PointBlog and has therefore established a "notifying-this-post-button" on all blog posts so that other users are encouraged to report it to PointBlog, if they believe a user does not respect these guidelines.
4.5 Rights of the material.
When you publish/upload your posts on the blog on www.pointblog.co.uk, you give permission for others to have access to view the material on www.pointblog.co.uk.
When you do this you assign the rights to the material to PointBlog. This means that PointBlog has the right to use your posts, images, etc. unlimited in every way and in all current and future media, including in marketing and demonstration of services.
4.6 Updating the points.
You can only earn points at PointBlog if the following conditions are met:
• The fact that there is only one user per account per mailing address/household
• That the personal information (such as e-mail, name, address) on the user account is correct at all times
• The blog post has not previously been created - through other channels like. websites, etc.
• That all the conditions for the creation of blog posts are met
• The absence of system failure or crash into PointBlogs IT system or third-party IT system with the result that points are not recorded
PointBlog record your points as soon as possible.
If you think you have created a blog, and your points are not updated within 2 days, please check that you have lived up to conditions for the creation of blog posts. If you think you have met the requirements, please forward your blog to Support, which will then review the matter.
PointBlog reserves at any time, the right to reject any blog posts, and related point-operation.
4.7 Advertisers conditions
PointBlog priority that both users and bidders (advertisers) have a good experience with www.pointblog.co.uk, and we therefore choose our bidders with care.
PointBlog is in no way responsible for the contracts, as a user enters into with a bidder (advertiser), and all bids conducted for the user’‘s own risk.
PointBlog is not responsible for advertisers’‘ offers, service and products. If there are problems with an advertiser’‘s offer, service or product, please contact the advertiser directly.
4.8 Subscription on VIP
PointBlog offer, through payment, members more opportunities to earn points, beside the opportunities they already have, and expanded statistics for blog.
4.8.1 Terms for VPI
As a VIP member your sign up for a subscription, which gives you more functionaleties at PoingBlog.co.uk in a given period.
These functions can be found here: my account” -> Become VIP / VIP
You have to be authorised and be 18 years of age or more to sign up for the VIP subscription.
A subscription for VIP is related to one PointBlog.co.uk login and may not be transferred to another PointBlog.co.uk login.
Both VIP subscription and PointBlog.co.uk login are personal, and can not be turned over to others or lend out. As well as the VIP subscription, PointBlog.co.uk login and other services can not be turned over from one PointBlog.co.uk login to another.
Any breach of the terms can lead to blocking of PointBlog.co.uk login. This is done without replacing purchased VIP.
During special campaignoffers and related messages, PointBlog.co.uk send information to your e-mail address.
The VIP subscription is offered by PointBlog.co.uk, which is owned, developed and rund by CM Network A/S. When you sign up for a subscription your thereby conclude an agreement with CM Network A/S, Ved Stranden 22, 1. sal, 9000 Aalborg, CVR: 31576318,tlf. +45 98 11 64 50, e-mail: info@cmnetwork.dk
4.8.2 Price for VIP
All prices are incl. UK VAT.
VIP costs 9.99 GBP per month for an ongoing monthly subscription with VIP. The subscription will automatically be renewed until you cancel it.
4.8.3 Ordering VIP
The subscription is paid via credit card and ordered here: ”my account” -> ”become vip” after which you will be redirected to http://payment.pointblog.eu where the payment will take place
You can pay with Dankort, Visa/Dankort, MasterCard, Maestro or Visa Electron.
The subscription starts upon ordering and payment for the period will be withdrawn at once.
You will receive an receipt as an order confirmation of your purchase. A copy of the receipt will be send to your e-mail address. The order confimation is a evidence of the agreed.
4.8.4 Responsibility renounciation regarding VIP
PointBlog.co.uk strive that PointBlog.co.uk and the associated functions associated with the VIP subscription are avaliable during all times. PointBlog.co.uk are not accountable for looses of points or purchased VIP, which may occour as a result of technical errors, problem with connectivity to the internet, processing of data in connection with payment, cancellation blog posts, errors in blog posts, fraud or looses caused in other ways. PointBlog.co.uk will in cause of longer downtime or limited funcionality in the VIP subscription extend the subscription period.
PointBlog.co.uk can not guarantee that the notification e-mail reaches you.
The blog posts, which are created via MMS, you pay ordinary MMS rates for through your mobile operator.
Your VIP subscription are subject to the ordinary terms for use of PointBlog.co.uk. If these are not respceted, your VIP subscription can be closed withour previous warning, without you being able to claim your subscription fee back.
Changes can be made to the terms. Therefore it is your responsebility to keep updated with the current terms.
4.8.5 Termination of VIP
You can cancel your subscription to the expiration of the current subscription period (not later than 48 hours before expiry).
You can terminate your VIP subscription here: ”my accounr” -> ”vip” where you from the pane”Settings” can press”Terminate subscription”.
Beside that you can terminate your subscription by sending an e-mail to support@pointblog.co.uk or by sending a letter to CM Network A/S, Att.: Support PointBlog.co.uk, Ved Stranden 22, 1. sal, 9000 Aalborg.
4.8.6 Right of regretion regarding VIP
As purchase of PointBlog.co.uk´s VIP subscription service, demand usage immediatly after purchase, the purchase can not be undon and the amount can not be reclaimed, see section § 20, stk. 3. of the Danish Forbrugeraftalelov.
If you purchase VIP, you confirm that you will take it into service at once, and that you at that time renounce the right to undo the purchase.
If you do not wish to use the service at once, and instead use the 14 day undo right, you have to within a resonable time of receiving the order confirmation, inform the support at PointBlog.co.uk of this.
If you use the right to undo the purchase, the earned points, which you have earned during your VIP subscription, will be deducted from your point account and you will pay £0.40 per day you have used your VIP sibscription.
5. Use of accrued points at PointShop.
5.1 Value of points
Points is the value that is used at PointBlog and PointShop. You earn points by creating blog posts on www.pointblog.co.uk. It is not possible to get his points paid, transferred to the second point account or converted into money.
The points declaration includes 25% VAT.
5.2 Linking PointBlog user account to PointShop user account.
By linking your PointBlog user account to your existing or future PointShop user account, your accrued points will be transferred to your user account at PointShop, where you can shop for free.
You connect the two accounts via http://pointblog.co.uk/MyPointShop.htm
5.2.1 Do you already have a user account PointShop.
Enter your e-mail address and password from your PointShop user account and click ‘‘Link Account’‘.
5.2.2 Getting a user account PointShop
Choose ‘‘Create Account’‘ and you are guided to the signup page at PointShop.
6. Personal data
6.1 Processing of Personal Data
Consideration of all personal information is governed by the Privacy Act.
The data that we collect or you provide to us will be encrypted and stored on servers that are protected by passwords and firewalls. Your information is only available to you and trusted staff of PointBlog.
PointBlog will under no circumstances pass on these data, unless you have given your consent. Exception to this is if the law requires it, or in response to a valid request from a law enforcement or public authority.
6.2 Automatic collection of personal data.
A condition to earn points at www.pointblog.co.uk if your browser is set to accept cookies. A cookie is a small file with information that a website stores permanently on your computer’‘s hard drive. There are also cookies, which linked temporarily to your computer when you visit the site, but disappear when you close the page down. The cookie enables the site to recognize your computer and used to improve the ease of use. Cookies are used by the majority of all major websites.
Our cookies reveals and contains no identifiable personal data, but enables us to collect, record and examine what parts of our site that interests you, and how long you stay on the site. In this way we can organize the site to suit your needs. We can also see which sites visitors are coming from.
You can always delete these cookies. If you set up your Internet settings to automatically delete cookies, it may mean that the point-accrual is not working properly and you would not have earned points. Your IP address is also registered. We use your IP address for statistical purposes and to target our advertising and layout of the site.
6.3 Third party personal politics.
PointShop collects only your personal data with your explicit consent.
6.3.1 Advertisers or other companies.
PointBlogs site contains links to other websites - typically advertisers. PointBlog has no control over the content of third party sites and is not responsible for these Web sites for use, personal politics or personal data, they explicitly or automatically had to collect. The use you make of such sites, are subject to the third men’‘s terms and conditions, including their rules on personal data. We encourage you to read their conditions and protection of personal data carefully.
6.3.2 Special event.
We may under confidence share certain parts of statistical data. This data may include demographic data such as age and/or geographic location of groups of users. No personal data such as names or e-mail addresses will be identifiable from such statistics.
When you use PointBlog, information on your behaviour in purified form can be used in a larger study or analysis by example visitors’‘ purchasing behaviour. Information about your specific blog posts will not be used separately from you as a person. Such studies will be made by us or our partners, which are subject to confidentiality.
We will not sell or share your personal data with other companies in our group without your explicit consent. We reserve the right to sell or distribute any data, including personal data to third parties in the event of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization or liquidation of our group - including the PointBlog.
7. Support and Customer Service.
If you have questions about the use of PointBlog, you will in most cases be able to find the answer in our Frequently Asked Questions via www.pointblog.co.uk/FAQList.htm. If you could not find the answer here, please do not hesitate to contact our Support.
You can contact support via www.pointblog.co.uk/ContactSupport.htm
In addition, you can contact support at tel. +45 98 116 450 (Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 15.00).
Comments on this support will be archived. Consideration of requests can be used for internal training.
8. Responsibilities.
8.1 Limitation of Liability.
PointBlog assumes no further responsibility than PointBlog is obliged under Danish law. PointBlog assume, however, in no case liability for incidental or consequential damages of any kind, unless PointBlog has shown gross negligence or intentional.
PointBlog is, in any event no liability in circumstances such as the PointBlog has no control (force majeure), for example but not limited to: strike, lockout, fire, lack of transport, war, currency restrictions, computer viruses, hacking, system failure and -outcome, the ban on the import / export, energy outages, etc.
8.2 Responsibility and the barring of abuse.
You may be responsible for others’‘ unjustified use of your password to your account in accordance with the rules and restrictions arising from the tender Act Section 11
PointBlog can block your account in the following cases when you communicate Support that you suspect unwarranted abuse of your password, see Section 3.4, or if PointBlog has reason to believe that your account is subject to abuse. The account will be reopened once it is certain that there is no abuse, since you also receive a new password.
8.3 General netetiquette.
We reserve the right to delete a profile, if the general netetiquette is not respected. Good general netetiquette is nice behaviour and good tone in which you show respect for PointBlog and other people.
8.4 Regarding advertising for competitive services
It is not allowed to advertise for competitive services to PointBlog, PointShop or PointCard concepts via written blog posts or comments. In case of this in form of post or comment, we reserve the right to send a collection of £50 exclusive VAT per violation.
9. Breach of conditions.
PointBlog reserves the right without notice to delete you as a user, if you breached the Conditions terms. If you are deleted as a user because of misconduct, PointBlog is also eligible to close your account, which you lose the points, you’‘ve earned.
PointBlog naturally want a good relationship with all of our users and our support will in cases of abuse, as a rule contact you to determine whether the abuse caused by an inadvertent action on your part.
You should, however, in all cases where you are in doubt about rules and conditions, please contact our support, so you can get guidance and explanation of the correct use of PointBlog.