Terms and Conditions

The Sunshine Fund – https://www.sunshinefund.ie/ and http://www.sunshinehouse.ie/

This site is owned and operated by the Sunshine Fund, a part of the Society of Vincent De Paul (SVP). Please read these terms and conditions and the editorial policy carefully, they are the terms of use for this site as provided by The Sunshine Fund. These terms and conditions were last updated in April 2012.

1.1 User obligation

Use of this site constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, which take effect on the date on which you first use the site. The Sunshine Fund reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online and it is your responsibility to refer to and comply with these terms on accessing the site. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions as modified.
If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the contents of this website and therefore should cease using this website immediately.
If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and rules and/or specific terms of use appearing on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

1.2 Copyright

All copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in sunshinefund.ie and sunshinehouse.ie (including the design, arrangement, layout and organisation) and all material or content supplied and displayed as part of sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie is owned by, licensed to or permitted to be used by The Sunshine Fund unless otherwise indicated and shall remain at all times the property of the Sunshine Fund or the third party to whom it is attributed. In accessing the site or downloading anything there from, you agree that you do so only for your own personal and non-commercial use and agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notice from materials downloaded from this site or any site accessible through this site without the prior written permission of the Sunshine Fund.
Without the prior written permission of Sunshine Fund you may not copy, reproduce, download, post, store (including in any other web site), distribute, transmit, broadcast, commercially exploit or modify in any way the material or content on this site, or any materials accessible through the site, in whole or in part or permit or assist any third party to do so for a use other than personal and non commercial.
If such permission is granted the source of the material must be clearly identified and attributed to sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie and the appropriate proprietary rights acknowledged and a link established to sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie subject to 1.6 below.
However such permission will not be granted in relation to any material on this site which is attributed as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

1.3 Terms of use

The use of sunshinefund.ie and sunshinehouse.ie is only for lawful purposes, in a manner which does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, but is not limited to, conduct which is defamatory, racist or which may harass, cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or interruption of the normal flow of dialogue within this site.

1.4 Limit of liability

The Sunshine Fund is not responsible for the availability or content of any third party websites or material you access through sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie. The Sunshine Fund does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, services or information on or available from third party websites or material (including payment for and delivery of such products or services). The Sunshine Fund is not responsible for any damage, loss or offence caused by or, in connection with, any content, advertising, products, services or information available on such websites or material. Any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the relevant provider of the service.

1.5 Links

Linking to this site is permitted. Links to sunshinefund.ie and sunshinehouse.ie are subject to these terms and conditions and in particular to The Sunshine Fund’s proprietary rights. All links to sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie must be direct to any complete content page (and not any part of a page) within sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie and must not be viewed within the pages of any other site.
The Sunshine Fund disclaims all liability for any legal or other consequences (including for infringement of third party rights) of links made to sunshinefund.ie and/or sunshinehouse.ie.

1.6 Service levels

This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons relating to sunshinefund.ie and sunshinehouse.ie and/or any of The Sunshine Fund’s associated partners, products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided “AS IS” and on an “AS AVAILABLE” basis without any representation or endorsement being made and without warranty of any kind, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.
In no event will The Sunshine Fund and/or third parties be liable for any damages including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential damages or any damages including, but not limited to, errors or omissions, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever arising from use, loss of use, data or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other action, arising out of or in connection with the use of the site.
The Sunshine Fund does not warrant that the functions contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free or that defects will be corrected or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs. The Sunshine Fund does not represent the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of any material.

1.7 Trade Marks

The names, images and logos identifying the Sunshine Fund or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of sunshinefund.ie, its associated companies and/or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any trade mark or patent of sunshinefund.ie, associated companies or any other third party.

1.8 Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and keep indemnified the Sunshine Fund from and against all claims, damages, expenses, costs and liabilities arising in any manner from your entry to and use of sunshinefund.ie or sunshinehouse.ie other than in accordance with these terms and conditions.

1.9 Law and jurisdiction

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the law of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that Term or Condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from that clause and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive and continue to be binding and enforceable.
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Ireland. Disputes arising here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Ireland.

If you have any queries please contact sunshine.east@svp.ie