Introduction
Welcome to The Barnsley Chronicle Limited. privacy notice. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data.
This notice gives you information on how we collect, process and look after your personal data through your interactions (online or offline) with us (whether through use of a website, purchase of product or service, subscription or signing up to a newsletter) and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please read this privacy notice together with cookie notice and any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting your personal data so you are aware of how and why we are using your data.
This notice was last updated on [10.10.2023].
The Barnsley Chronicle Limited, is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as "COMPANY", "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy notice).
If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us using the details set out below.
Contact details: The Barnsley Chronicle Limited - Data Protection
Email: dp@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk
Or write to: Data Protection, The Barnsley Chronicle Limited., Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. S70 2AS
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. If you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
We may share your personal data with a third-party auditing organisation so they can verify aggregated statistics about circulation and usage of our products or review our policies, processes and procedures for compliance with relevant standards.
Personal data is information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you as set out below:
Your identity including your name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
Your contact details including your billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
Your financial details including your bank account and payment card details.
Transaction information about you including details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
Technical information including internet protocol (IP) address, your login data (username and password), browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our website.
Profile information including your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses and how you use our website.
Communications information including your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including:
Directly: You may give us your identity, contact and financial information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you apply for our products or services; create an account; subscribe to our services or publications; agreed to receive marketing materials; enter a competition, poll or survey or give us feedback.
Automatically: We may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns when you are on our website. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our cookie policy for further details.
Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources examples of which are set out below:
B2B database suppliers, Information published on your business website and or business Facebook page, Industry Events, procurement websites, relevant Industry Associations and Society’s, and when part of a subscription agreement.
When you browse our websites, we and our advertising partners and subscription/registration visitor relationship managers will receive some information about the device you are using and about what you look at and interact with. We do this for the purpose of choosing which adverts to show you, as well as to make our sites work property and to understand if you have registered on our site or subscribed for a service. It also allows us to diagnose problems with our sites and understand how they are used so we can make them better. Sometimes, we apply a degree of personalisation in choosing which content to show you.
We may combine the information you give us directly (for example when you sign up to a newsletter) with the information we receive when you use our websites, and analyse it in order to help us to understand your preferences and interests. We may then use this to tailor the content and advertising that you see on our websites or the user journey that you experience, so it is more likely to be of interest to you.
Your activity on our websites can be managed by you using our “cookie banner” and related Consent Management Platform (CMP). The majority of cookies are used on the basis of your consent where you provide it, Some may use our Legitimate Interest and some are Essential - please see our Cookie Policy for further information.
We combine the information received from cookies with other things we know about you on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding our readership, both to serve you better and to make us more attractive to advertisers. This helps us to secure a future for news reporting and journalism in the age of social media.
We may share this data with the partners who provide us with the technology powering it and allowing us to analyse the data.
Digital advertising helps us to fund the news articles and content published on our sites. We and our third-party ad partners may display digital advertising on our sites that is tailored to your interests so the adverts you see are more relevant to you. We work with third party ad networks to fill unsold advertising space on our sites. The ad networks exchange information through cookies which allow them to recognise you when you visit any site that they work with. Where we use cookies on our sites for advertising purposes we ask for prior consent.
We may use the information logged by our servers and certain third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to help us to spot problems with our digital servers, such as page errors or slow loading times. We gather data for this purpose in two ways: (i) our servers record certain information provided by your devices when they request content (such as your IP address); and (ii) on your first visit to our sites you will be presented with a “cookie banner” asking for your consent to the use of cookies and related technologies for our use of analytics. If you consent then several cookies will be stored on your device containing identification numbers. Those numbers can then be read on subsequent visits to recognise your device, and our analytics providers will use that information to provide us with various reports and metrics on how our sites are used. Google also uses the data that it gathers as a result for other purposes which you can read about in Google’s Privacy Policy.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data:
Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Generally we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us at the address listed at the front of this policy.
We set out below a description of the ways we plan to use your personal data, and the legal bases we rely on to do so. We may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data.
Legitimate Interest means our interest in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
We want to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. You can view and make certain decisions about your personal data and you can unsubscribe to stop receiving email communications by contacting Data Protection at The Barnsley Chronicle Limited., Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AS or email dp@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.
We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside of our group of companies for marketing purposes.
You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time contacting us to update your communication preferences that we hold on our database, where applicable you can click unsubscribe to stop receiving email communications or by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you at any time. You can also contact us directly to opt out of receiving any marketing information by contacting Data protection at The Barnsley Chronicle Limited., Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AS or email dp@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see here.
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
We may have to share your personal data with other parties for our legitimate interests or as required by law as set out below.
Other companies in the same group as the Company (which are all based in the United Kingdom) and provide IT and system administration services and undertake leadership reporting. Service providers based in the United Kingdom who provide IT and administrative services.
Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, Health and Safety advisers and insurers based the United Kingdom who provide consultancy, banking, legal, Health & Safety and insurance and accounting services.
Software providers: we use a range of software providers in order to administer our business, these providers include automated email marketing system and customer databases.
Service providers: we use a range of service providers in order to effectively operate our business, for example providers of subscription services.
HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities based in the United Kingdom.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Where this is the case we use contractual arrangements and safeguards to protect this personal information (as required by Article 46 of the UK GDPR), these safeguards include:
The country to which the personal information will be transferred has been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). For further details, see ico.org.uk.
Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contractual clauses set out by the ICO which give personal information the same protection it has in the UK. For further details, see ico.org.uk.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so. How long will you use my personal data for?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including contact, identity, financial and transaction information) for six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data – see your legal rights below for further information.
We may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:
Request access to your personal data. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Although we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the of the data; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at the address detailed at the start of this notice.
You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
These Terms and conditions are dated 16 October 2017.
In these terms and conditions the “Barnsley Chronicle”, “Company”, “we” or “us” means The Barnsley Chronicle Limited with registered office at 47 Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AS. The website or websites means all the websites owned and/or operated by us.
These terms apply to all users of this website. If you do not accept these terms then you should immediately stop using this website. your use of the website confirms your acceptance of these terms. We cannot guarantee that you will always be able to access the website; we will not be liable to you for any interruption or delay that you experience in accessing the website, whatever the cause.
No metatags, hyperlinks or other forms of linkage whatsoever to any other website may be imposed on the website unless express prior permission has been given. Access to particular areas of the website may be subject to additional terms to which you confirm your acceptance of by entering the particular areas. If you do not accept those terms then you should immediately stop using those pages.
The Barnsley Chronicle does not warrant that functions contained in the website content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected or that the Content or the Server(s) are available free of viruses or bugs.
This website is made available on the basis that there are excluded, to the extent permitted by law, any terms implied by statute or otherwise and all liability for any loss or damage however it arises out of the use of this website or reliance on its content.
We reserve the right to make changes to any part of the website. It may therefore be necessary to change these Terms and Conditions. If we do change the Terms and Conditions, we will update the date above. If you use any of the website after we have published such changes, you will be agreeing to be bound to those changes. If you do not agree to be bound by the changes then you should immediately stop using the website.
We encourage users to share, debate, and discuss points of views on our website and Facebook pages.
Everyone has the right to express themselves but should also respect other users. The Barnsley Chronicle is impartial and as such will always endeavour to avoid colouring a debate by censoring or altering its content where possible.
While we accept no legal responsibility for individual’s comments, there are occasions when the Barnsley Chronicle may be obliged to intervene. Where this is the case, the following guidelines will be applied.
You must not make or encourage comments that are:
These rules do not cover all eventualities and are intended as a guideline and portray the spirit of policy only.
Reader comments that violate the letter or spirit of these rules or our Terms may be removed. If we do remove something, we will generally remove posts, or where necessary, whole threads (not parts). This means that even if only one sentence is objectionable, the whole comment will usually be removed.
We hope that you will understand that, once properly notified of a complaint, we may have to remove a contribution for legal reasons (whatever the rights and wrongs). We are unable to enter into dialogue about individual cases.
To report an inappropriate comment on the website email editorial@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk.
By submitting any material to us on the website or by email or otherwise, you automatically grant the Barnsley Chronicle the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, edit, adapt print and publish, such material (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form. By submitting your content, you warrant that you have the right to grant this licence.
You also acknowledge, agree and warrant:
You will not submit any material to us (whether through the website or by email or through any other form of communication) which infringes any intellectual property rights, such as copyright and trade marks. This means generally that you must own the rights in everything you submit or must obtain permission from the rights owner to submit the material.
You understand and agree that any breach of these Terms may cause us damage and loss and you agree to indemnify us and keep us at all times fully indemnified from and against all claims, costs, loss or damage incurred by us directly or indirectly as a result of any breach of these terms and conditions.
We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting material in breach of these Terms. we may also disclose the identity to relevant third parties of anyone we reasonably believe has submitted content which is defamatory.
This site provides links to other websites. These links are for your convenience only and do not signify that we endorse or have any responsibility for the content of or any transactions that you enter into relating to those linked sites. use of third party websites is entirely at your own risk.
All material on this site is protected by copyright. You may only copy, download and reproduce it for your own personal use. you must not use it for reproduction on any other website, or in any way for commercial purposes or for gain unless you first obtain our written consent. You must not post any copyrighted material on this website.
Where any part of the website requires that you register in order to use it, you are obliged to provide accurate and complete registration information. It is your responsibility to update and maintain any changes to that information (including your e-mail address) by altering your details as appropriate.
Registration is at your own risk and we will not be liable for any unauthorised transactions made using your user name, pin number or password.
In-paper and website Competition terms and conditions
Prizes
You will be deemed to have accepted all Terms and Conditions and to agree to be bound by them by entering a competition.
Premium Rate Competitions
The following terms and conditions will govern the competitions using premium rate SMS and telephone lines and are in addition to the all other terms and conditions and any specific conditions stipulated on the competition page of the newspaper or website.
The Barnsley Chronicle will always notify you of the charges for entering a premium rate competition. For example, when entering a competition, the newspaper or website on which the competition was featured will inform you of the price for entry. Please note that your network operator may also charge an additional standard messaging fee for any SMS sent or telephone call made or received by you. you should consult your network operator for further details of these standard costs. Networks may limit maximum spend. Contact your network provider for further details.
Charges for entering a competition will be deducted from your available credit time if you are a pre-pay customer or will appear on your monthly statement if you are a pay monthly customer. Entries received the closing date of the competition will be invalid and will not be entered into the competition but may still be charged. You must obtain the permission of the person paying the bill for the relevant mobile device. By entering the competition you agree that the Barnsley Chronicle may contact you by email, post or SMS with offers that may be of interest. you will not be charged for receiving these messages and you may opt out anytime by texting STOP to the originating number.
By entering into a Competition you agree that the Barnsley Chronicle may contact you by email or SMS with offers that may be of interest. you will not be charged for receiving these messages and you may opt out of text message communication at anytime by texting STOP to the originating number. You may opt out of Email marketing communications by following the unsubscribe link located at the bottom of the email.
Some third party sites which are either embedded into the website or links are provided are sites which are operated by third parties with whom the Barnsley Chronicle has a commercial association, including but not limited to sites by means of which you can make payment for use of the website or associated services. If you wish to make any purchases or enter any financial dealings on such website, you will be entering a contract with the relevant third party operator who will ask you to supply information about yourself and on your financial affairs, including your bank or credit card details. The third party operator will have their own terms and conditions and privacy policy and it is up to you to indicate your consent or otherwise to the use that the third party proposes to make of your personal data. While we select our trading partners with care, the Barnsley Chronicle cannot be held liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which you may suffer as a result of your decision to enter any dealings or transactions with, or supply personal information to, a trading partner or any third party. Please ensure you are aware of whom you are contracting with and the relevant terms and conditions prior to entering into any contract.
This website offers users the ability to order products within various sections on our website (“our “Products”).
This website also offers users the ability to purchase advertising space, either for a certain location or space over a defined period, or to be visible periodically for a number of page impressions spread over a defined period; we refer to this advertising space as “Adverts”. (See the separate Terms and Conditions for Adverts).
Any goods or services available through, and material of any kind accessible or relating to our website, are referred to as our “Services”.
We may add or remove Products or Adverts from our Services at any time without notice.
If the Product in question includes an image, or other user content (such as prints, digital images or other products which bear images or user content on or within them) or a digital product (e.g. a digital copy of a photograph) it is a “Personalised Product”; if it is a standard Product which does not include any selected image or user content it is a “non-personalised Product”.
A contract between a user and this website for the purchase of a Product is created as follows:
Note that we may reject an order in certain circumstances, namely:
If your order is rejected, we will contact you to confirm this and refund any payment made for that order.
We will endeavour to deliver goods and provide services on the basis and in accordance with the timescales mentioned on this site but time shall not be of the essence of those arrangements and we will have no liability if we are delayed in or prevented from providing the goods/services by factors beyond our control.
This website is made available on the basis that there are excluded, to the extent permitted by law, any terms implied by statute or otherwise and all liability for any loss or damage however it arises out of the use of this website or reliance on its content.
You have the right to cancel your contract for the purchase of a non-personalised Product, provided you notify us of the cancellation no longer than 14 days after the day following the day on which the Product is delivered. you must return the unused non-personalised Product to us within 14 days of notifying us of the cancellation, and must pay the cost of returning the Product to our nominated address. we will refund the purchase price you have paid for the Product and its standard delivery charges (but not any expedited, tracked or other special delivery charges you may have chosen to pay) within 14 days of its return.
However, if the value of the Product has been reduced by any handling of it beyond what is necessary to check whether the Product is as expected, we may deduct an amount to reflect that reduction in value from the sum we refund to you. Please follow any returns procedure for non-personalised Products which we specify from time to time.
Please note that the right to cancel a contract and return Products does not apply to any Personalised Products - although you do have the right to reject any Product which is faulty or not as described in our specifications.
Click here for terms and conditions relating to advertisements.
The website and/or the services contain content owned by the Barnsley Chronicle. The Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws. The Barnsley Chronicle owns and retains all rights in the Content and the website and the Services.
Yes, some areas of the website can be accessed without disclosing personal information. However, other services offered by the websites will ask for personal details.
Our standard estimated delivery time is 3-5 working days.
This duration may be longer for certain Personalised Products that require administration or processing time that is longer than usual (e.g. purchasing an archive photograph from the Photosales section or purchasing a non-print Personalised Product).
You agree to indemnify and hold the Barnsley Chronicle, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, demand, claim or legal proceedings brought or threatened, including expenses of any character suffered or incurred arising out of your use of the website or the Services in violation of this Agreement, and/or arising from your use of or conduct on the website or in use of the Services and/or a breach of this Agreement.
Your use of this website, these terms and any matters arising are subject to the laws of England. Any dispute is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England. Save as specifically provided otherwise, this website is targeted only at, and goods and services are only available to, UK residents.
At the Barnsley Chronicle, we try to get things right but occasionally, we make mistakes.
If you have a complaint about a story featured on our website, please contact the newsdesk on 01226 734262 or by email: editorial@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk.
We abide by the Editors’ Code of Practice as demanded by the Independent Press Standards Organisation. For details on the code and what to do should you be unsatisfied with the way we handle your complaint, please visit www.ipso.co.uk.
Our standard terms and conditions of Advertising and Payment are set out below and are applicable to all advertising booked in any of the Company’s newspapers, other publications and internet sites or with regard to any other business transacted.
In these terms and conditions the "company" means The Barnsley Chronicle Limited of 47 Church Street, Barnsley, S70 2AS; and the Advertiser means any person or company placing with the Company an order for the publication of an advertisement in any of the Company’s newspapers, other publications or internet sites, or any person or company placing with the Company an order for the distribution or insertion of leaflets or other publications or materials with any of the Company's newspapers or other publications.
In placing an order for the publication of an advertisement, the Advertiser accepts these terms and conditions. No term or condition that conflicts with them is binding on the Company or the Advertiser unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of both parties by an authorised signatory. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. If any provision in these terms and conditions is held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the remainder of them shall continue to apply. The Company reserves the right at any time to change in whole or in part these terms and conditions.
Whilst the Company will endeavour to comply with reasonable requests from Advertisers, the Company does not guarantee the publication of any advertisement or its publication on any particular date or in any particular position.
The Company has at its absolute discretion the right to decide the classification, if relevant, for any advertisement.
All artwork, photographs, leaflets, film or other property delivered by the Advertiser to the Company is held by the Company at the Advertiser's risk and the Advertiser should insure all such property against loss or damage from whatsoever cause. The Company reserves the right to destroy without notice all such material after the date of its last use in connection with the publication of an advertisement, unless the Advertiser has given written instructions to the contrary.
13 Leaflets For the purpose of these terms and conditions, any leaflet or other publication or material distributed with any of the Company's newspapers or magazines is deemed to be an 'advertisement', and references to the publication of such advertisements is deemed to be the distribution or insertion of such leaflet or other publication or material.
Orders for the insertion of advertisements are accepted subject to the following payment terms:
Rates
Advertising Agencies
Time of Payment
Late Payments
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By placing an order for a digital subscription you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions. Please be sure to read the terms fully before placing an order. Your contract is with The Barnsley Chronicle Limited (“us” or “we”).
If you have any questions regarding these terms, please feel free to contact us at digital@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk
We are only able to contract with you if you have the power to enter into this contract. This means that you will only be able to enter into this contract if you are 18 years or older in England, Wales or Northern Ireland; or 16 years or older if you live in Scotland; or if the laws where you are otherwise resident allow you to enter into this contract.
We reserve the right to make changes to these terms at any point by updating this document. You should check these terms periodically to review any changes because they are binding on you.
Subscription Durations
Your digital subscription will run for either seven days, twelve months, or be a monthly recurring subscription dependent on the package you choose. Your subscription duration will run from the start date (the day on which you successfully place an order). You will be able to access your subscription as soon as you have successfully placed an order. You can do this by following the instructions in the confirmation email that will be sent to you when your order is placed and/or by logging in via the Barnsley Chronicle website and using the epaper link at the top of the website.
Subscriptions will run for a minimum term and you will not be able to terminate your subscription during these minimum terms, although you do have a right to change your mind about your subscription within the first 14 days of your order, please see below for further details.
Please see below section on cancellations/renewals for further details on durations.
Payment
When you purchase a subscription the price will be made clear during the order process. You agree to pay the price that is stated at the time of your order. You also agree to the billing frequency stated at the time of your order. Billing will continue according to the cycle stated at the time of your order.
Proof of purchase will be sent to the registered email address. A subscription may become invalid if we are unable to secure payment for the service
If you take up an exclusive or introductory offer your subscription price will automatically revert to a higher price once your offer period ends unless you terminate your subscription as outlined below.
Your payment date will be the date you start the subscription e.g. if you start the subscription on the 10th of the month you will be charged again on the 10th of the following month. Some offers may have a different initial payment term, but this will be communicated at the time of purchase e.g. If the offer is £5 for 2 months, you will pay £5 on the day the subscription starts and then would start paying the full monthly rate after 2 months.
All subscriptions require a payment card to be attached to the account. However, the card details are not stored on our database, we are only passed limited information from our payment vendor and all data is encrypted.
If your payment card expires you will receive an email asking for the card to be updated. You can provide a new card by signing into your account and adding it under the subscriptions tab. If your card expires and is not replaced by a valid card your subscription will expire. If this happens you will need to re-subscribe.
Content
All content made available as part of your digital subscription is protected by copyright and must not be replicated, reproduced or made available to others in any form. Any commercial use of this content is forbidden without our express written consent. In addition you are prohibited from creating derivative works or materials that otherwise are derived from or based on in any way the content.
Use of Personal Information
We use the personal and transactional information (eg name, address, e-mail address) you supply to us in order to fulfil your subscription order.
We will process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be found on our website. https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/policies
User Account Access
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your Account. You should not reveal your Account information to anyone else or use anyone else's Account. Each digital subscription you take out is for your own use only and you should not share access to this service with others.
Cancellations/Renewals
You will not be able to terminate your subscription during the minimum subscription period you have chosen (seven days or twelve months), although please see below on your right to change your mind within the first 14 days of your order.
You may cancel your order within 14 days of subscribing and you shall receive a refund of any payment that you have paid to us without undue delay (using the same payment method used by you to purchase your subscription, unless you agree otherwise) provided that we shall be entitled to retain payment for any of your subscription you have already received. The amount will be in proportion to what has been supplied, in comparison with the full coverage of the subscription period. Access to the digital copies will stop immediately.
If you would like to cancel your digital subscription/s within this 14 day period, you must notify us by contacting digital@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk stating your full name, email address and the subscription/s that you wish to cancel.
If you do not cancel your subscription within 14 days of subscribing then your subscription will automatically continue on a monthly basis until you cancel your subscription. You may send us notification to cancel your subscription at any time (subject to the below) but your subscription will only terminate at the end of your relevant minimum subscription period. We must receive your notice at least 72 hours before your next scheduled payment is due for your subscription to terminate at the end of your current subscription period. If notice of your intention to cancel your subscription is not received by us at least 72 hours before your next scheduled payment is due, then you will be required to make your next scheduled payment and your subscription will continue until the end of that subscription period.
If you stop paying for your subscription, we may terminate your subscription immediately. If we terminate your subscription in such circumstances we will refund any money you have paid in advance for any services we have not provided but we may deduct or charge you reasonable compensation for the net costs we will incur as a result of your breaking these Terms and Conditions.
We may stop or suspend providing the subscription to you at any time if we consider that you are in breach of these Terms and Conditions by notifying you at the registered email address.
Offers & Promotions
Subscription offers and incentives are subject to availability and may be changed at any time.
If you cancel your subscription before the end of the term associated with the offer, we will refund the subscription minus the value of the offer. No refund/payment will be made where the offer was free access to the subscription product.
Other provisions
Each of the paragraphs of these Terms and Conditions operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.
Even if we delay in enforcing these Terms and Conditions, we can still enforce them later. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you but we continue to provide the subscription, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.
If our supply of the subscription service is delayed by an event outside our control then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this we will not be liable for delays caused by the event, but if there is a risk of substantial delay you may contact us to end the subscription and receive a refund for any services you have paid for but not received.
Law and Jurisdiction
Your use of this digital subscription service, these terms and conditions and any matters arising out of or in connection therewith are subject to the laws of England. Any dispute is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England.
Our Liability
You are a consumer if:
You are an individual.
You are buying services from us wholly or mainly for your personal use (not for use in connection with your trade, business, craft or profession).
We are not liable for business losses. We only supply the subscription for private use. If you use the subscription for any commercial, business or resale purpose we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
We are responsible to you for foreseeable loss and damage caused by us. If we fail to comply with these Terms and Conditions, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breaking this contract or our failing to use reasonable care and skill. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen.
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; for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and for breach of your legal rights in relation to the subscription service.
