PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE
What's in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website billiejeankingcup.com (“Site”) and certain services available through the Site, including the Watch Live Service.
What's in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our website billiejeankingcup.com (“Site”) and certain services available through the Site, including the Watch Live Service.
Please note that certain services are available via the Billie Jean King Cup App (the "App"). If you choose to access the services via the App, your downloading and use of the App will be subject to the [App’s End User Licence Agreement.]
Who we are and how to contact us
The Site is owned and operated by ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd (trading as the International Tennis Federation (“ITF”)) and Billie Jean King Cup Limited (“BJKCL”) (a subsidiary of the ITF) (ITF and/or BJKCL are referred to in these terms as "We"). We are registered in England and Wales under company numbers 2584446 and 14940977 with our registered office at Bank Lane, Roehampton, London SW15 5XZ, United Kingdom.
To contact us, please email communications@itftennis.com.
By using our Site you accept these terms
By using our Site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our Site.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
Watch Live Service
If you use the Watch Live Service on this Site or App, the additional terms set out in Schedule 1 apply.
There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Site:
Our Privacy Policy. See further under How we may use your personal information.
Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our Site.
We may make changes to these terms
We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our Site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.
We may make changes to our Site
We may update and change our Site from time to time to reflect changes to our users' needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.
We may suspend or withdraw our Site
Our Site is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
We may transfer this agreement to someone else
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights or our obligations under these terms.
Registration
You must register an account in order to be able to use certain services available through the Site. You are liable for any use of your account.
You must keep your account details safe
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at communications@itftennis.com.
How you may use material on our Site
We (or our affiliates) are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, and in the material published on it (including but not limited to all text, images, sound, software, service marks, logos and other materials). Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
The materials on the Site must not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means without our prior written consent, except as stated below.
You may read, view, print and download the materials on the Site on an individual page of the Site for private and personal non-commercial use only provided that all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices contained in the original content on any copy of that content is retained, but you may not make more than one copy electronically or otherwise of any of the content and you may not recopy or further distribute, sell, publish or transmit any part of the content by electronic or any other means.
You agree not to sell, resell, supply or otherwise make the content or extracts or other information derived therefrom available in any manner or on any media to any third party without our prior written consent.
You must not use any part of the content on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our Site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our Site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
No text or data mining, or web scraping
You shall not conduct, facilitate, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our Site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our Site. This includes using (or permitting, authorising or attempting the use of):
- any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
- any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.
The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).
This clause shall not apply insofar as (but only to the extent that) We are unable to exclude or limit text or data mining or web scraping activity by contract under the laws which are applicable to us.
Do not rely on information on this Site
The content on our Site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our Site.
Although We make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Site, We make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Site is accurate, complete or up to date.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our Site contains links to other Sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those Sites or resources.
User-generated content is not approved by us
This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the Site. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our Site do not represent our views or values.
If you wish to complain about any other content, please contact us at communications@itftennis.com.
Acceptable use of the Site
You must:
- not use the Site in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with these terms, or act fraudulently or maliciously;
- not transmit any material that is defamatory, offensive or otherwise objectionable in relation to your use of the Site;
- not use the Site in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems or security or interfere with other users; and
- not collect or harvest any information or data from the Site and/or the Services or our systems or attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running the Site and/or the Services.
Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
Whether you are a consumer or a business user:
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
If you are a business user:
We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our Site or any content on it.
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
- use of, or inability to use, our Site; or
- use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Site.
In particular, We will not be liable for:
- loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
If you are a consumer user:
Please note that We only provide our Site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our Site for any commercial or business purposes, and We have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
If defective digital content that We have supplied, damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, We will either repair the damage or pay you compensation.
However, We will not be liable for damage that you could have avoided by following our advice to apply an update offered to you free of charge or for damage that was caused by you failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.
How we may use your personal information
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.
Uploading content to our Site
How we may use your personal information
We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.
Uploading content to our Site
Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our Site, or to make contact with other users of our Site, you must not infringe our intellectual property rights or those of any third party in relation to your use of the Site (to the extent that such use is not licensed by these terms).
You warrant that any such contribution does comply with the above standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage
We suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.
Any content you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our Site a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties.
We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights or of their right to privacy.
We have the right to remove any posting you make on our Site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with these terms.
If you wish to contact us in relation to content you have uploaded to our Site and that We have taken down, please contact communications@itftennis.com.
Rights you are giving us to use material you upload
When you upload or post content to our Site or send up communication or materials to us:
- We are free to publish, display, post, distribute and otherwise use any ideas, suggestions, concepts, designs, know-how and other information contained in such communications or material for any purpose, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, advertising and marketing us and our products; and
- you grant us the following rights to use that content a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable licence to copy, use, reproduce, distribute, display, publish, adapt, prepare derivate works of and/or amend any content that you upload to the Site in any format, including in our services and products for any purpose including in relation to the promotion of our services and products.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software.
You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site.
You must not attack our Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and We will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our Site will cease immediately.
Advertising that may appear on the Site
The Site may contain advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on the Site complies with international and national law. We will not be responsible for any error or inaccuracy in advertising material.
If you agree to purchase goods and/or services from any third party who advertises on the Site, you do so at your own risk. The advertiser, not the ITF or BJKCL, is responsible for such goods and/or services and if you have any queries or complaints in relation to them, your only recourse is against the advertiser.
Competitions
If you take part in any competition which is run in or through the Site, you agree to be bound by the rules of that competition (as stated at that time) and any other rules We specify from time to time and by our decisions, which are final in all matters relating to the competition. We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant and/or winner in its absolute discretion without notice in accordance with the competition rules.
Termination
We may suspend or terminate access to the Site to all users (including you) at any time at our discretion.
If you breach any of these terms, We may immediately do any or all of the following (without limitation): issue a warning to you;
- temporarily or permanently remove any content uploaded by you to the Site;
- temporarily or permanently withdraw your right to use the Site;
- issue legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs resulting from the breach (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs);
- take further legal action against you; and/or
- disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as We reasonably feel is necessary to do so.
Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and We both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.
If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Our trade marks
‘Billie Jean King Cup’ and ‘ITF’ are trade marks of the ITF. You are not permitted to use them without our approval.
Schedule 1 – Additional terms for the Watch Live Service
In addition to the terms for the Site, if you use the Watch Live service on this Site or App, these additional terms apply. If the event of any inconsistency between the Site terms and the additional terms for the Watch
Live Service, the latter shall prevail.
What is the Watch Live service?
For registered users, We will stream audio-visual coverage of live Billie Jean King Cup tennis matches and highlights of Billie Jean King Cup tennis matches (“Content”) on the Site and App (“Watch Live Service”).
Where can you watch the Content?
You may view the Content primarily within the country in which you have registered your account and only in geographic locations where We offer our Watch Live Service and have licensed such Content. The Content that may be available to watch will vary by geographic location, may be subject to geo-blocking and will change from time to time.
Providing you the Content
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Watch Live Service on a streaming-only basis in accordance with the Site terms and these additional Watch Live terms.
We will make the Content available for streaming on the Site and App. The Site is designed to be compatible using one of the following internet browsers: Firefox, Safari 4.0, Chrome or Edge Browser. The App is designed to be compatible with Apple iOS 14.0 or higher devices and Android 7.0 or higher devices.
You may need to update the software on your device from time to time in order to be able to access the Site and App. The Content will be available for streaming using the latest and previous versions of Windows and Apple's operating systems.
We shall endeavour to provide constant, uninterrupted access to the Site and App for the Watch Live Service. However, please note that:
- We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Site and/or the App without notice;
- the image and sound quality of the Content may vary, whether due to the bandwidth available through and/or speed of your internet connection and telephone line;
- the Watch Live Service may not be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free; and
- from time to time We may need to close the Site and/or Apps and suspend the Watch Live Services to carry out upgrade and/or maintenance.
Your obligations for using the Watch Live Service
You must only access and use the Watch Live Service for private, non-commercial use.
You agree that you are responsible for ensuring that you have and maintain all the hardware and software necessary to access, receive and view the Watch Live Service. In the event that We reasonably determine that you do not meet these requirements, We reserve the right to refuse the provision of the Watch Live Service to you.
You agree that you:
- shall not use the Watch Live Service to develop or provide, directly or indirectly, any product or service that competes with our business or any of our Affiliates' businesses;
- shall not use the Watch Live Service in any way which might infringe any third party rights, including third party intellectual property rights;
- shall not use the Watch Live Service in any way that is contrary to applicable law, rules and regulations;
- shall not modify, decompile or reverse engineer any software supplied as part of, or in connection with, the Watch Live Service;
- shall not view the Watch Live Service in circumstances where members of the public can view them simultaneously or authorise, enable or procure any other person to do so; and
- are not permitted to use the Watch Live Service by automated means or otherwise for the purposes of scraping, extracting or otherwise obtaining any material from the Watch Live Service for use within a third party website or application.
Charges for using the Watch Live Service
We do not currently charge for the Watch Live Service, but We reserve the right to charge at any time and for any reason. We will never charge you for the Watch Live Service without making it very clear to you when these charges apply, exactly what you’re paying for, obtaining your express consent to these charges and updating these terms accordingly.
Children and Young People
The Watch Live Services are primarily aimed at users who are over the age of 18. There are however no barriers to those under 18 accessing the Site or the App or becoming registered user. Users under 18 should only use the Watch Live Services with the permission of a parent or guardian.
Termination
We may suspend or terminate access to the Watch Live Service to all users (including you) at any time at our discretion.
If you breach any of these terms, We reasonably believe that your use of the Watch Live Service is infringing or is likely to infringe any third party rights or you are in any other way committing fraudulent activities in the use of the Watch Live Service We may immediately do any or all of the following (without limitation):
- issue a warning to you;
- temporarily or permanently withdraw your right to use the Watch Live Service;
- issue legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs resulting from the breach (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs);
- take further legal action against you; and/or
- disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as We reasonably feel is necessary to do so.
On suspension or termination, the licence granted within these additional terms will cease.