Terms of use for the website robbievale.com
Your usage of this website and its associated services indicates your acceptance of this policy. If you do not accept this policy, you should leave the website.
The owner of this website is Robert Vale, whose author/pen-name is Robbie Vale.
His correspondence address is 9 Chapel Street, Mumbles, Swansea, SA3 4NH.
Email: robbie@robbievale.com
Owner and operator
This website is owned and operated by Robert Vale, an author who writes under the pen-name of Robbie Vale. These terms set forth the terms and conditions under which you may use the website and associated services. This website offers visitors:
The opportunity to view, listen to, consume and interact with material relating to the work of Robbie Vale.
The opportunity to sign up for and receive a newsletter that broadly relates to the work of Robbie Vale.
The opportunity to read and interact with posts, reviews and commentary made by Robbie Vale and other contributors to this website.
By accessing or using the website and its associated services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms.
Entitlement to use
To use this website and its associated services, you must have attained the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, and possess the legal authority, right, and mental capacity to enter into these terms as a binding agreement. If you are prevented from doing so for any reason you should only use the website and its associated services under the supervision of, and with the permission of a parent, legal guardian or appointed representative.
You are not allowed to use this website and/or its associated services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you.
Retention of right to change offering
We may, without prior notice, change the website and/or its associated services; stop providing the website and/or its associated services in whole or part; or create limits for use of the website and/or its associated services. We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the website and/or its associated services without notice and liability for any reason, or for no reason.
Ownership of intellectual property, copyrights and logos
Unless stated otherwise, the content, services and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music and all intellectual property rights related thereto, are the exclusive property of the site owner, or are provided to them under license. Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such intellectual property rights, and you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works thereof.
If you believe that any content or material on this site is being presented without the appropriate accreditation to, or permission of the copyright owner, please email the site owner, at robbie@robbievale.com and make clear your concerns. Any such breaches will be dealt with swiftly and decisively.
Posting content on the site
You recognise and agree that by uploading any content (including, but not limited to designs, images, animations, videos, audio files, fonts, logos, illustrations, compositions, artworks, interfaces, text and literary works) through any means to the website, you confirm that you own all the relevant rights or possess the appropriate license to upload/transfer/distribute said content. Any breaches of such rights or licenses are the responsibility of the person uploading the content, not the site owner, and you agree to indemnify the site owner against any or all such claims arising as a result of such breaches.
You agree and consent that the uploaded/transferred content may be publicly displayed on the website.
Where a user chooses to upload content, post on the website, engage with or respond to a post or comment on the website (irrespective of its source), the user acknowledges that their material, post, comment or observation may be made public (at the sole discretion of the site owner) and that in doing so the user’s identity shall be posted and made public such that it may be viewed by other visitors to the site.
Right to suspend or cancel a user account
We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the site and its associated services without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination, you violate any provision of these terms or any applicable law or regulations.
You may discontinue use of the website and its associated services, and request cancellation of your subscription to any associated services at any time.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold the site owner harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including lawyers, court and legal fees), made against them by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with your use of the website and/or its associated services.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall the site owner be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the website and/or its associated services.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the site owner assumes no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to or use of this website’s content or associated services; and (iii) any unauthorised access to or use of our or our agents' or providers’ secure servers, and/or any and all personal information stored therein.
Right to change and modify terms
The site owner reserves the right to modify these terms from time to time at their sole discretion. Therefore, you should review these pages periodically. When the site owner materially changes the terms, they will notify you via the website that material changes have been made. Your continued use of the website and/or its associated services after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms or any future version of the terms, do not use or access (or continue to access) the website or its associated services.
Promotional emails and content
If you are a subscriber to our newsletter, you agree to receive from time to time email messages, content and electronic materials from the site owner. You may unsubscribe from such emails and newsletters at any time.
Enforcement
This agreement will be governed by and interpreted according to the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under the agreement will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English and Welsh courts.
If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this policy will not be affected. Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.
Effective date
These terms are effective from 21 May 2025 and shall remain in force until updated, at which point the new, updated terms will take effect.
Questions
If you have any questions or comments about these terms and conditions of use, please email the site owner at robbie@robbievale.com