TERMS OF SERVICE

Please read this carefully. By accessing this website you are agreeing to the terms of service that appear below. If you have any comments or questions please contact us at customer.information@mini.co.uk

This website is provided by BMW (UK) Ltd. (“MINI”), a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1378137, which has its offices at Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell, RG12 8TA.

ACCEPTANCE

This Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the legally binding terms for your use of this Website. By using the Website, and in consideration of MINI providing the website to you, you agree to be bound by this Agreement. You are only authorized to use the Website (regardless of whether your access or use is intended) if you agree to abide by all applicable laws and to this Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully. If you do not agree with it, you should leave the Website and discontinue use of the services immediately.

MODIFICATION

MINI may modify this Agreement from time to time and such modification shall be effective upon posting by MINI on the Website. We will provide a clear link within the Website to the then current Agreement. You agree to be bound by any changes to this Agreement when you access the Website after any such modification is posted. If you do not agree to be bound by them, you should not use the Website.

UNACCEPTABLE CONTENT

Please choose carefully the information you post on the Website. Content submitted by you to the Website may not include the following items last names, telephone numbers, street addresses or other contact details or identifying information of private individuals, contact details of public figures and any photographs containing nudity, or obscene, lewd, violent, sexually explicit or otherwise objectionable subject matter. Despite this prohibition, it is possible that Content provided by other users may contain inaccurate, inappropriate, offensive or sexually explicit material, products or services, and MINI assumes no responsibility or liability for this material. If you become aware of misuse of the Website by any person, please contact customer.information@mini.co.uk.

MINI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject or refuse to post any Content and to remove any Content (including private messages) from the Website, whether or not the Content is expressly prohibited by this Agreement, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to all or any part of the services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS IN CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE

MINI does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, or any other materials (collectively, "Content") that you post to the Website. After posting your Content to the Website, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose. By displaying, emailing, publishing or submitting for display or publication ("posting") any Content on or through the Website, you hereby grant to MINI a worldwide sub-licensable, perpetual, transferable, non-exclusive, royalty free licence to use in any way whatsoever including but not limited to, public performance, public display, publishing, reproduction, broadcasting, amendment or modification of Content, transmission and distribution of Content on and through the Website.

You represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Content posted by you on or through the Website or otherwise have the right to grant the licence set forth in this section, and (ii) the posting of your Content on or through the Website or the services does not violate the privacy rights, copyright, contract rights or any other rights of any person, or otherwise breach any injunction, order or other legal ruling. You agree to pay for all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing to any person by reason of any Content posted by you to or through the Website. You acknowledge that Content submitted will not be returned.

The Website contains Content owned by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (“BMW AG”). This Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other rights and regulations. BMW AG owns and retains all rights in the BMW AG Content on the Website.

The Website contains Content owned by users. Except for Content posted by you, you may not unless and to the extent otherwise specifically authorised by BMW AG copy, modify, translate, publish, reproduce, commercially exploit, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, display, or sell any Content appearing on or through the Website. You may retrieve and display Content from the Website or the services on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper, photocopy and store such pages in electronic form on disc (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network) for your personal non-commercial use.

CONTENT POSTED

MINI may delete, or in pre-moderated areas of the Website refrain from posting any Content that in the opinion of MINI violates this Agreement or which may be offensive, illegal or violate the rights of any person or which may harm, or threaten the safety of any person. Except to the extent which cannot be excluded or limited by law or regulation in respect of Content on the Website which we moderate before posting, MINI assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Website for inappropriate Content or conduct. If at any time MINI chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor the Website, except as required by law or regulation, MINI nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the Content (other than MINI Content), no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate Content, and no responsibility for the conduct of the user submitting any such Content.

You are solely responsible for the Content that you post on or through the Website or any of the services, and any material or information that you transmit to other users and for your interactions with other users. MINI does not endorse and has no control over Content posted by users. Content is not necessarily reviewed by MINI prior to posting and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of MINI. MINI makes no warranties, express or implied, as to the Content or to the accuracy and reliability of the Content or any material or information that you transmit.

CONTENT/ACTIVITY PROHIBITED

The following is a partial list of the kind of Content that is illegal or prohibited to post on or through the Website. MINI reserves the right to investigate and take action against any user who, in the opinion of MINI, violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Website, preventing access to the Website and/or reporting to law enforcement authorities or regulatory bodies. Prohibited Content includes, but is not limited to Content that, in the opinion of MINI:

COPYRIGHT

You may not post, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyright material, trademarks, or other proprietary information belonging to others without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. MINI prohibits use of the Website of any user who infringes the copyright of others. Without limiting the foregoing, if you believe that your work has been copied and posted on the Website and the services by another user in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please notify us. We will take such action (if any) that we in our absolute discretion deem appropriate.

DISCLAIMERS

MINI is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate Content posted on the Website or in connection with the Website whether caused by users of the Website or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in the Website. Under no circumstances shall MINI be responsible for any loss or damage resulting from use of the Website, from any Content posted on or through the Website or from the conduct of any users of the Website. The services are provided "AS-IS" and as available and MINI makes no representations or warranties of any kind as to the Website or the Content. In particular MINI expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. MINI cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results from use of the Website.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold MINI, 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 in violation of this Agreement, and/or arising from your use of or conduct on the Website and/or a breach of this Agreement.

TRADEMARKS

Unless otherwise indicated, all marks displayed on this website are registered trademarks of BMW AG.

NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS

This information is provided by MINI "as is" and without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including (but not limited to) any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose, or non-infringement. While the information provided is believed to be accurate, it may include errors or inaccuracies.