Pottermore tips and tricks , this is Pottermore Terms & Conditions
* Introduction
* About Pottermore
* Access to Pottermore
* Minors Including Users Under 13 Years of Age
* Personal Information
* Links
* Our Content
* Third Party Software
* Promises, Exclusions and Limitation of Our Liability
* Indemnity
* General Complaints and Requests for Further Information
* Written Communications
* General
* Changes to These Terms and Conditions
* Governing Law and Jurisdiction
* Further Information and Contact Us
* Statutory Information
1Introduction
1. 1.1 Welcome to Pottermore ("Pottermore"), the digital home of the Harry Potter books! Pottermore is owned by Pottermore Limited (referred to as "we", "us" or "our" as appropriate, a company established in England and Wales). Pottermore is currently available through the website at http://www.pottermore.com. We may also make Pottermore or other versions of it available through a number of digital channels or devices.
2. 1.2 These Terms and Conditions ("Terms"), our Privacy Policy and the other documents mentioned in them apply to your use and/or your child’s use of Pottermore (whether accessed through http://www.pottermore.com or any other channel) and any services or content made available through Pottermore. Please read these Terms carefully, as they affect your rights and liabilities, and ensure you understand them, before using Pottermore. You may download these Terms by using your browser.
3. 1.3 You will be agreeing to these Terms, insofar as they are applicable, by your continued use of Pottermore. If you do not want to be bound by these Terms please do not access Pottermore or allow your child to do the same. If you have any questions relating to these Terms, please refer to our Help pages in the first instance.
4. 1.4 Like many online services, we use a feature called a cookie which is a small data file that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your device's hard drive. Some of the types of cookies we use are necessary for the functioning of Pottermore. We also use other types of cookies which allow us to view statistical data regarding traffic to Pottermore so that we can better develop our services by monitoring its performance. Some of the cookies we use may be sent to your device as soon as you visit the Pottermore homepage. None of the cookies used by Pottermore collect any personally identifiable information about you. By agreeing to these Terms, you are providing your consent for us to use cookies in these ways. For further details about the cookies we use, please see the paragraph 6 – Cookies – in our Privacy Policy.
2About Pottermore
1. 2.1 Pottermore is a unique online reading experience created by J.K. Rowling and built around the Harry Potter books. Share and participate in the stories, showcase your own Potter-related creativity, and discover additional information about the world of Harry Potter from the author herself.
2. 2.2From 31st July, Pottermore will be available in Beta to a selected group of users in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish (Castilian). However, everyone can register to find out if they are magical, for entry to the site in October 2011. At launch, the site allows visitors to experience and explore the first Harry Potter story, with subsequent stories unveiled over time.
3. 2.3 Also, in October, the Pottermore Shop will open, where readers can exclusively purchase and download the digital audio books and, for the first time, the eBooks, with the complete series available in a range of popular language editions - and more languages to be added later.
4. 2.4 By submitting your email address via the Pottermore home page, you are asking us to notify you by email of when and how to register with Pottermore.
3Access to Pottermore
1. 3.1 We make Pottermore available for users of all ages. However, users under 13, should submit their parent or guardian's email address and obtain their parent or guardian’s prior consent before doing so.
2. 3.2Please ensure that the email address you provide when you register your interest in Pottermore is accurate, current and complete.
4Minors Including Users Under 13 Years of Age
1. 4.1 The safety and privacy of all users under the age of 18 ("Minors") is important to us. If you are a parent or guardian, please read these Terms carefully together with our Privacy Policy.
2. 4.2 If you are a Minor under 13 years of age, you must check with a parent or guardian before you submit their email address to ensure that they give you permission to use Pottermore and you should review these Terms with them to make sure that you and your parent or guardian understand them.
5Personal Information
1. 5.1 We take your privacy very seriously. Please read our Privacy Policy to see how the personal information that you provide to us is dealt with.
6Links
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Linking from
2. 6.1 You acknowledge that Pottermore may include links to third party websites. We do not review these third party websites nor have any control over them and we are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability.
3. 6.2 We do not therefore endorse or make any representations about them, or any content found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them.
4. 6.3 If you decide to access any of these third party websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.
5. 6.4 If you use a linked site, any personal information you give them will be dealt with in line with their privacy policy, not ours, so please ensure that you read their terms and conditions and privacy policy before you use their websites and provide any personal information.
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Linking to
7. 6.5 You may only link to the Pottermore homepage which is located at www.pottermore.com and provided:
8. the homepage is not loaded into frames on your website, unless we otherwise expressly agree; and
9. your site or service does not misrepresent its relationship with us or present false information about us.
10. 6.6 We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission at any time without prior notice.
7Our Content
1. 7.1 All of the content on Pottermore is owned by (and all copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights in that content shall at all times remain vested in) us or our licensors and is protected by UK and international copyright and other intellectual property laws.
2. 7.2 Our content includes any information or other material found on or via Pottermore, including text, databases, graphics, software and all other features on Pottermore. For all content, you may download any individual page on Pottermore onto one hardware device or print one copy of such page or view any video or images provided that this use is non-commercial and you keep intact all and any copyright and proprietary notices and do not edit the same. Apart from that, none of our content may be republished, posted, transmitted, stored, sold, distributed or modified without our prior written consent.
3. 7.3 Any of the trade marks appearing on Pottermore are owned by us or our licensors including ‘Pottermore’ and ‘Pottermore.com’ together with the ‘Pottermore’ logo.
4. 7.4 Sony is a registered trade mark of Sony Corporation. The Sony make.believe logo is a trade mark of Sony Corporation.
5. 7.5 Harry Potter characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. Harry Potter and Pottermore Publishing Rights © J.K. Rowling.
6. 7.6 No permission is given in respect of the use of any of these brands or marks and any such use may constitute an infringement of the holder’s rights.
8Third Party Software
1. 8.1 You acknowledge that you may need to download and activate certain software in order to use certain content provided on Pottermore. This software will be clearly identified on Pottermore.
2. 8.2 In order to use such third party software or technology you will have to explicitly accept the terms of a licence agreement with that third party. You acknowledge that we have no responsibility or control over such third party software.
9Promises, Exclusions and Limitation of Our Liability
1. 9.1 We promise that we will operate Pottermore with reasonable skill and care and that we will use our reasonable endeavours to correct any faults of which we are aware. We do not make any promises about the availability of Pottermore or any services made available through it. In particular we disclaim any liability in connection with any technical problems you may experience with Pottermore which may result in interruptions to Pottermore or the service it delivers, or any bugs or viruses in the Pottermore website or any other platform that Pottermore is delivered through, the server that makes Pottermore available or the content made available through Pottermore. It is your responsibility to implement satisfactory safeguards and procedures to make sure any files you obtain through Pottermore are free from such contaminations or other harmful properties. Subject to paragraph 9.4, the promises contained in this paragraph 9 are in place of all warranties or conditions implied by law.
2. 9.2 Subject to paragraph 9.4, if we fail to comply with these Terms, we shall only be liable to you for an amount not exceeding £100.
3. 9.3 SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH 9.4, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM OUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS THAT FALL INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: ANY LOSS OF: INCOME OR REVENUE; BUSINESS; BARGAIN; DATA; PROFIT; GOODWILL; REPUTATION; OPPORTUNITY; WASTE OF MANAGEMENT OR OFFICE TIME; OR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, ECONOMIC OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSS.
4. 9.4 Nothing in these Terms will restrict our liability in respect of your statutory rights, for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded by applicable law.
5. 9.5 Occasionally we are unable to perform our obligations under these Terms due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control. In such circumstances including, but not limited to, fire, flood and other acts of God, strikes, trade disputes, lock outs, restrictions of imports or exports, riot, accident, disruption to energy supplies, civil commotion, acts of terrorism or war, our inability or delay in performing our obligations will not be deemed to be in breach of contract.
10Indemnity
1. 10.1 You agree to only use Pottermore in accordance with these Terms. You agree that you will compensate us (and our employees, agents and suppliers) in full for any damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees we incur that arise out of any breach by you of these Terms or any liability we incur as a result of your use of Pottermore and/or any other service we provide by any other person using your log in details.
11General Complaints and Requests for Further Information
1. 11.1 If you have any complaints or wish to request further information about Pottermore, please refer to our Help pages in the first instance.
12Written Communications
1. 12.1 Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using Pottermore, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by email or provide you with information by posting notices on the Pottermore home page. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.
13General
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Severability
2. 13.1 If any part of these Terms is found to be unenforceable as a matter of law, all other parts of these Terms shall not be affected and shall remain in force. For the avoidance of doubt, should these Terms or any part of them be deemed void or voidable, this shall not affect the validity of any licence provided under these Terms.
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Entire agreement
4. 13.2 These Terms govern our relationship with you and represent our entire agreement with you.
5. 13.3 Subject to paragraph 9.4, we and you each acknowledge that, in entering into an agreement, neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or implied from anything said or written in negotiations between us prior to such agreement except as expressly stated in these Terms.
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Assignment
7. 13.4 This agreement is personal to you. You may not transfer, sub-license or otherwise dispose of any of your rights under these Terms.
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Waiver
9. 13.5 If you breach these Terms and we choose to ignore your breach, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you breach the terms again.
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Exclusion of third party rights
11. 13.6 These Terms do not create any right enforceable by any person who is not a party to this agreement.
14Changes to These Terms and Conditions
1. 14.1 Subject to applicable law, we may change these Terms from time to time. We may notify you of such changes by sending you an email to the last email address that you provided to us and/or by posting a copy of the changes on Pottermore.
2. 14.2 Any changes will take effect seven (7) days after the date of our email or the date we post the modified terms on Pottermore, whichever is earlier.
3. 14.3 If the email address to which we send notification to you under this paragraph is no longer valid, the sending of our email (notifying you of any changes to the Terms) will, nonetheless, be deemed to be effective notice of the modified terms. Please also read about changes and notifications of changes to the way we collect, use and/or share personal information in our Privacy Policy.
15Governing Law and Jurisdiction
1. 15.1 These Terms may be presented to you in more than one language. However, the English language version of these Terms shall prevail. Any disputes or claims between us arising out of or in connection with the agreement (including non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Any disputes or claims arising shall be subject to the non-exclusive of the courts of England and Wales. Nothing in this paragraph shall deprive consumers of the right to bring or defend proceedings in their home state nor of the protection afforded to them by the mandatory rules of law of the country in which they live.
16Further Information and Contact Us
1. 16.1 You can find answers to your queries and more information about us by referring to our Help pages.
17Statutory Information
1. 17.1 Pottermore is owned by Pottermore Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, whose company details are as follows:
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Company Name/Editor
Pottermore Limited
Registered Office:
Devonshire House, 1 Devonshire Street, London W1W 5DR
Company Registration Number:
06979090
VAT Registration Number:
980826881
ICO Registration Number:
Z2535777
3. Last updated 13 June 2011
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