T&C

Terms and Conditions

 PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. IT SETS OUT THE TERMS UNDER WHICH HAPPYHAPPYHAPPYNEWS.COM OFFERS YOU USE OF ITS WEBSITE BY USING THE SERVICES ON THE SITE YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THAT THEY SHALL APPLY TO YOUR USE. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THEM, PLEASE LEAVE THIS WEBSITE.

This Agreement is made between you and happyhappyhappynews.com.

Happyhappyhappynews.com is a happy news site – this means that all the stories are for the purpose of making you feel better. Where articles have been referenced from other news websites, the source material is listed. In certain cases externally sourced stories are published in part. Articles which are not referenced from external sources are the opinions of contributors, not happyhappyhappynews.com, and happyhappyhappynews.com accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of this information.

Our pledge to you

Mr Happy’s number 1 priority is to feel good. So we will try our hardest to publish stories which make you feel better, although at times it is possible that we might not manage to always achieve this. We will try to source external stories which fall in line with this pledge. Where story telling is required from first principles, Mr Happy and his team of happy pixies will do their best to ensure that the stories are based in fact with a large amount of positive spin. If you spot any errors in external news sources (with external website sources referenced), please let us know. Send us an email, you can reach us at mrhappy (at) happyhappyhappynews.com

What we would like from you

To use our website, please agree to the terms and conditions below,

When using happyhappyhappynews.com you agree: not to do anything which will or might damage, interfere with, disrupt access to, interrupt or impair the functionality of the material available on the site;
 
to be entirely responsible for and keep secret any password used by you. You should change your password if you believe it’s no longer secret;
 
not to post, distribute or otherwise upload any defamatory, offensive, infringing, obscene, indecent or otherwise unlawful or objectionable material or information or send any chain letters, junk mail, ‘spamming’ material or any other form of bulk communication;
 
not do, cause or permit anything to be done that may infringe, damage or interfere with any intellectual property rights of happyhappyhappynews.com or any of our associated companies or third parties. Also, not to do anything that is otherwise unlawful or which may cause any liability for us.

If you send any material to happyhappyhappynews.com,  you agree we will not treat this information as confidential and we will be free to keep and republish this information and reuse it as we see fit. You agree to give up your rights to be identified as the author of this information and to object to any use of this information by us.

What we will do to keep things happy

If we consider that you have breached any of these terms and conditions or have otherwise demonstrated inappropriate conduct when using the happyhappyhappynews.com website we reserve the right to:

- delete any material or content which you may have posted without notice to you;

- discontinue your membership to the site.

If your conduct on or use of happyhappyhappynews.com causes us loss, damage or other costs, you shall be responsible for reimbursing these costs.

Our promise to you

Nothing in these terms and conditions affects your legal rights as a consumer.

It’s important to note that using the Internet does have its dangers. We take reasonable steps to ensure a fast and reliable service, but we can’t be held responsible for:

- the security of happyhappyhappynews.com

- for any damage, loss of, or corruption of any data, information or material or viruses that may infect your computer   equipment or other property 

- breach of security by hackers as a result of your use of happyhappyhappynews.com

We are not responsible for any injury, loss, claim, damage, or any indirect, incidental or consequential damages of any kind (including but not limited to lost profits, lost savings or revenue, or loss or corruption of data or information) which arises out of or is in any way connected with your use of or failure to use happyhappyhappynews.com. This includes any information, products or services obtained through or any contract entered into via the website.

From time to time we may need to update the content on happyhappyhappynews.com and/or maintain the software and other equipment that runs the site. During these times you may not be able to access the sites or things may be a bit slower than normal. If this happens, please try us again later.

Got a complaint? Here are your legal rights

Your use of happyhappyhappynews.com and these terms and conditions, is subject to the laws of England and we reserve the right to bring proceedings to the Courts of the country of your location. 

If you are at all dissatisfied with any aspect of the happyhappyhappynews.com site then please contact mrhappy (at) happyhappyhappynews.com. If you have any complaints about the products or services that you receive from using the site, then please tell them! If you want to contact us about anything then please click here to visit the Join Us section.

Links to other sites

We may provide links to other websites, resources, advertisements or sponsorships either directly or through our contractual partners. We hope that you find these links useful, entertaining or both. 

If you decide to access other websites, then you will be leaving happyhappyhappynews.com – that means that we won’t be responsible or liable for the content, advertising or products or services available from such sites or, for any dealings that you may have, or the consequences of such dealings, with the operators of those sites. 

We expressly reserve the right to withdraw our consent, at any time, to a link that we think is inappropriate.
 
Intellectual Property Rights

 Happyhappyhappynews.com name may not be used without written permission. 

This also applies to all copyright, trademark rights, database rights, patent rights and any other intellectual property rights in text, graphics, audio, video or image files, content, software, data and information displayed on, or available from happyhappyhappynews.com. This includes the organisation and layout of the site and the underlying software that’s owned by us, or our licensors and suppliers. You agree that all these materials are available for your personal use only, and you may not copy, modify, alter, publish, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer any such materials without our written permission.

Changes to these terms and conditions

These terms and conditions will be amended, updated and/or modified by us from time to time. You’ll still need to agree to them, so it’s a good idea to keep checking back here to stay up to date. 

If you keep visiting us here at happyhappyhappynews.com then we’ll take that as confirmation that you have agreed to the new terms and conditions.

Last updated: Feb 11, 2008