Terms And Conditions

1. Health Disclaimers
The tools and information provided on www.myspecialk.co.uk are intended to help users assess and manage their weight loss and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should always seek the advice of a doctor or other qualified health provider with any questions they may have regarding a medical condition. The information provided on the site is provided as general advice and guidance, it is tailored to meet individual user's needs or dietary requirements based on the information provided by the user. My Special K advise that before any individual starts a weight loss plan or make any major changes to their diet that they seek medical guidance. The tools on the site are not intended for under 18s, pregnant women, diabetics, underweight individuals or individuals with medical/health conditions that may affect their dietary needs. If individual users are concerned about possible health implications which could result from any of the information provided to them, My Special K advises that they talk to their GP or seek medical advice and they should not ignore professional medical advice, or delay in seeking it, because of something they have read on this site. The myspecialk.co.uk service is not dependent upon the consumption of Special K branded foods or the consumption of any other specific branded foods. Weight loss or maintenance is not guaranteed and results are subject to individual compliance and variation.

2. Accuracy of information
While Kellogg's uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up to date information in the Site, Kellogg's makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. Kellogg's assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of the Site. All Kcal information is correct at time of site launch (30.11.2010) contact kcal@myspecialk.co.uk if you you believe any information is incorrectly reported.

3. Your use of this website
Your use of and browsing in the Site are at your risk. Neither Kellogg's nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site. Other than for your own personal use or internal business purposes, you may not without our prior written consent: • copy, reproduce, use or otherwise deal with any content on the Website; • modify, distribute or re-post any content on the Website for any purpose; • reproduce, crawl, frame, link to or deep-link into this Website on or from any other website; • use the content of the Website for any commercial exploitation whatsoever. Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Site is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the exclusion of implied warranties. Kellogg's also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.

4. Use of this Website from outside the UK
Except where otherwise specified on this Website, the materials on this Website are displayed solely for residents of the UK aged 18 or over. Those who choose to access this Website from locations outside the UK are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable

5. Comunication into/out from the site
Any communication or material you transmit to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post may be used by Kellogg's or its affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, Kellogg's is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products/services using such information. Kellogg's has not reviewed all of the sites linked to the Site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.

6. Password/Account Security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account and any activities that occur under your account. My Special K shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise as a result of any failure by you to protect your password or account.

7. Buddies
By accepting these terms and condition you agree to opt into the My Special K ‘Buddies’ directory. Where your user name and plan type will be displayed for other on the My Special K Personal Plan to view. At any time a consusumer can opt out of the public Buddy directory by updating their prefernces in the ‘My Profile’ tab.

8. Law, Jurisdiction and Language
Any matter that arises out of your use of this Website (including any contract entered between you and us through the Website) shall be governed by English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. All contracts shall be concluded in English.

9. Ownership and rights
The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively the "Trademarks") displayed on the Site, are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Kellogg's and others. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without the written permission of Kellogg's or such third party that may own the Trademarks displayed on the Site.Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on the Site, or any other content on the Site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that Kellogg's will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.

10. Copyright
You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is copyrighted unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Site without the written permission of Kellogg's. Kellogg's neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on the Site will not infringe rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Kellogg's.

11. Review of Terms and conditions
Kellogg's may at any time revise these Terms and Conditions by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Terms and Conditions to which you are bound.

Privacy policy

Kellogg Company recognises its obligation to its customers, community and online visitors to adhere to the highest standards of decency, fairness, and integrity in all its operations. Likewise, we're dedicated to the fundamentals of protecting consumer privacy on the Internet.

Gathering and use of information

Kellogg only collects personal information from our visitors on a voluntary basis. We don't require this information to obtain access to any of our sites. Personal information received from any visitor will only be used for the removal of abuses and internal Kellogg purposes. It will not be sold or provided to third parties, without your prior consent.

By entering the website, users are agreeing that any posts, blog or communication made will be legal, decent and honest and in no way defamatory, illegal or offensive. Kellogg reserves the right to remove any communications that are deemed to be violating these terms and have the right to block any violating users from the site. 

In communicating with children, Kellogg is especially mindful of the need to protect their personal privacy. It is for this reason that we will ask for confirmation of date of birth at the point of registering for any promotion on the website. Information from any users who are under 16 cannot be held in our database and so those under 16 will not be able to register. We include several notices asking children to get parental permission before providing any personal information. Personal information may include name, address, email address, age, etc.

We may also occasionally ask, on a voluntary basis and with parental permission if appropriate, for personal information for our internal use, such as marketing and research. We'll maintain your privacy and will not sell or provide this information to third parties. Only those who ask to be added to our updates list or who ask for information from us will receive email communications from us.
We offer an "opt-out" feature that allows you to remove your email address from our files at any time. You can always re-enter.

Visitors to the site posting a comment / blog or any onsite communication website will be legal, decent and honest and in no way defamatory, illegal or offensive.  We would also therefore reserve the right to remove any such posts and potentially remove any users making such posts from the site.

Cookies

Kellogg may use "cookie" technology to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors. The cookie tracks the total number of visitors to our sites in an aggregate form (you're one of a group and your information is not singled out). We don't extract personal information in this process nor do we provide this information to third parties. We also do not contact you. Cookies allow us to update and improve our sites.

Links

Kellogg websites may contain "links" to other sites and we make every effort to only link to sites that share our high standards of decency, fairness, and integrity. We try our best to ensure that these links are safe for children. However, children should always check with a parent/guardian or adult before linking to any new sites.

Security

Kellogg has taken steps to make all information received from our online visitors as secure as possible against unauthorised access and use. All information is protected by our security measures, which are periodically reviewed.

Summary

Kellogg approaches our communications on the Internet with the same respect for, and commitment to, individual privacy rights, concern, and respect for the different sensibilities of our child consumers. We support active self-regulation of this new environment to ensure that responsible marketers can maintain the right to use all communication media to interact with its consumers.

As the Internet evolves, our policy will evolve with it. Please check back periodically to see changes and additions.

If you have any questions about Kellogg online privacy policies or procedures, please contact us. Our Consumer Services Team are prepared to address any concerns you may have about the privacy, safety and appropriateness of any material you see on our website or any of our brand sites.

Forums terms of use

Any information you provide through or in connection with this Site will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Kellogg's or its affiliates who are free to use the information for any purpose.

You agree that no submissions provided by you to the Site will violate any right of any third party, including, without limitation copyright, trade mark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s). You are and shall remain solely responsible for any submissions you make.

Whilst Kellogg's takes every care to ensure that no defamatory, offensive, indecent or other sensitive material appears on this Site, we must emphasise that you enter the Site at your own risk.

You agree, through your use of both the public and private forums, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. Legal actions can be taken against you. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this forum.

Kellogg's reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, to add, revise or remove any Materials without notice.

Kellogg's cannot accept any responsibility or liability for access to, or the material on, any site which is linked from or to the Site.

Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on either forum. Please note that the private forums are un-moderated and although we do actively monitor the public forum posted messages Kellogg's are not responsible for any content posted. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of this forum. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify an administrator of this forum immediately. We have the rights to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realise that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately. This policy goes for member profile information as well.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless both the public and private forums, and any related websites to the forums. Kellogg's also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you.

It is your responsibility to present clean and accurate information with regard to your user details and to those associated to members you invite to the private forum. Any information we deem inaccurate or vulgar will be removed.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. Kellogg's reserve the right to ban any user from the forum.

These terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and the parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

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