TERMS OF USE
INTRODUCTION
These Terms Of Use Apply To The Use Of The BLAST.TV Website. They Explain That You Must Behave Appropriately And Responsibly Whilst Using The Website.
Our privacy policy sets out how we use personal data relating to you. The privacy policy can also be found below.
These terms Were last updated on 19/06/2024.
1. ABOUT THE WEBSITE AND THESE TERMS OF USE
- BLAST.TV (the “Website”) is a website owned and operated by BLAST ApS, a company incorporated in Denmark, with CVR-no. 38074466 and offices at Pustervig 3, 1126 København K, Denmark (“BLAST”, “we”, “us” or “our”).
- These terms of use apply to all use of the Website and form a legal agreement between you and us.
- By using the Website you are confirming that you understand and accept (and are able to understand and accept) these terms of use, and that you agree to be bound by them. If you are under the age of 18 or don’t understand these terms of use, please ask a parent or guardian to explain their meaning to you. You must not use the Website if you are under 13.
- We may make alterations to these terms of use from time to time and those changes will apply to any subsequent use of the Website.
2. RIGHTS OF USE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- You can use the Website for watching streaming video published by us through the Website, Chatting and Commenting on BLAST content, and interacting with other BLAST content made available on the site.
- Unless otherwise specified, all copyright, design rights, database rights, patent rights, trade mark and trade dress rights and other intellectual property rights in the Website belong to and vest in us, or are licensed to us.
- All third party trade names and trade marks are the property of their respective owners and we make no warranty or representation in relation to them.
3. RESTRICTIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
- You agree to comply with these terms of use and all rules applicable to the use of the Website.
- You will not do or attempt to do any of the following:
- hack, modify, reverse engineer or create derivative works of the Website or any part of it;
- gain unauthorised access to any part of the Website;
- remove, modify or obscure any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notices on the Website;
- use your access to the Website for the sending of direct marketing;
make any part of the Website available to a third party who does not agree to these terms of use;
- copy or exploit any part of the Website or the content it contains (or which is streamed through it);
- use the Website or any part of it unfairly or for any illegal or immoral purpose.
- The Website may allow you to create a user account (your “Account”). You are responsible for all activity undertaken through your Account, and we may suspend or terminate your Account at any time if we reasonably believe you are in breach of these terms.
4. THIRD PARTY SERVICES AND LINKS TO WEBSITES
We may link to, incorporate or use third party software and services such as social networking or sharing features within the Website. Use of any such software or services is subject to the terms of those third parties, and you agree to comply with any such third party terms and conditions when using the Website.
Where we make available links to other websites or apps on the Website, such links are provided for your information and convenience only. We are not responsible for the content or performance of the linked website or app, and you are responsible for reviewing the linked website’s or app’s terms of use.
5. COMMUNICATIONS
The Website may allow you and other users of the Website to:
(i) send communications to us or third parties; or (ii) contribute content of your own for use on the Website or otherwise by us or third parties (each a “Contribution”). As such, the Website may enable the display of third party Contributions (“User Content”).
- To the extent that such Contributions and/or User Content are permitted, you acknowledge that the Website is an information and entertainment service and ancillary to this we are involved in the transmission, storage, retrieval, hosting, formatting or translation of third party communications without selection or alteration of the content of the communication, for which the Website is a mere conduit. By using the Website you agree we have no responsibility to review the content of any Contributions and/or User Content and that all Contributions and/or User Content are made available on the basis that we are not required to and do not exercise any control or judgement in respect of their content. For the avoidance of doubt, the views expressed in any Contributions and/or User Content are the views of the individual authors and not those of us unless expressly specified otherwise by us.
- Although we are not obliged to do so, we shall be entitled to remove, restrict, suspend or alter any user account, Contribution and/or User Content (and the ability to share or create Contributions and/or User Content) for any reason in our discretion including, without limitation, because conduct or content associated with such account, Contributions and/or User Content might be unacceptable as described in these terms of use.
- You agree that we may use, publish, edit, modify, adapt process and store any content that you submit, make available, post to, or transmit to the Website (“Your Content”) for any and all purposes relating to the Website and our business and you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, transferrable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual worldwide licence to use Your Content in that way. You further waive all moral rights in Your Content.
- To the extent that Your Content is derived from the Website or material provided by us, you hereby assign to us all intellectual property rights subsisting in Your Content which are owned by you.
- You agree and undertake that you are entitled to make available, or post to or transmit Your Content to the Website, and to grant us those rights set out in clause 5.4, and will not make available, or post to or transmit to the Website any statement, material or other Contributions, nor use the Website or any Contributions in any way that breaches our Community Guidelines (which are available here: []) and updated from time to time.
- In the event that you breach any provision of these terms of use we may suspend your access to the Website or part thereof.
- IT IS A KNOWN RISK OF INTERNET USAGE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT NECESSARILY WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE. PEOPLE MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION OR BEHAVE IN A WAY THAT IS UNRELIABLE, MISLEADING, UNLAWFUL, OR ILLEGAL. WE HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING IF STATEMENTS MADE BY OTHER USERS ARE TRUE. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE EXERCISE SOME DEGREE OF CAUTION WHEN READING USER CONTENT ON ANY WEBSITE. BY USING THE WEBSITE YOU ACCEPT THAT YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.
- You agree to the distribution of Your Content by us both internally and externally. Therefore you should ensure that Your Content does not contain information which you intend to keep confidential or private.
- The Website may provide a means by which you can communicate with us. We will communicate with you at the email address you have provided or through other means of communication provided by the Website.
- Notices that are applicable to all our users shall be made available on the Website publicly. You will be deemed to have received a notice at the time the email is sent or the time the notice is posted on the Website. We will be deemed to have received a notice when we issue confirmation to you.
- All emails (or other messages) we send are intended for the addressee only.
6. LIABILITY
- We provide and maintain the Website on an “as is” basis and are liable only to provide our services with reasonable skill and care.
- External Sites have not been verified or reviewed by us and all use and access of External Sites is made at your own risk. “External Sites” means third party websites and online services to which the Website links or which it embeds.
- We give no other warranty in connection with the Website and to the maximum extent permitted by law, We exclude liability for:
- any loss or damage of any kind howsoever arising, including any direct, indirect, special, punitive or consequential loss whether or not that loss arises out of something of which we have been made aware;
- the accuracy, currency or validity of information and material contained within the Website;
- any interruptions to or delays in updating the Website;
- any incorrect or inaccurate information on the Website;
- the infringement by any other person of any copyright or other intellectual property rights of any third party through use of the Website;
- the availability, quality, content or nature of External Sites;
- any transaction taking place on External Sites;
- all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms and conditions which but for this notice would have effect.
- We do not warrant that the operation of the Website will be uninterrupted or error free.
- We will not be liable in any amount for failure to perform any obligation under these terms of use if that failure is caused by the occurrence of an event beyond our reasonable control.
- Except as provided above there are no other warranties, conditions or other terms and conditions, express or implied, statutory or otherwise, and all of those terms and conditions are hereby excluded to the maximum extent permitted by law.
You agree not to use the Website in any way which is:
- unlawful;
- may give rise to civil or criminal liability for us; or
- which might call us into disrepute.
7. TERMINATION
Without limiting any other rights we may have, we may cancel or suspend access to the Website if you breach any of these terms of use. We reserve the right to withdraw, suspend or modify the Website or any part of it at any time.
8. GENERAL
These terms of use are subject to your statutory and common law consumer rights and will not limit any rights you might have that cannot be excluded under applicable law. These terms of use will not exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence nor any fraudulent acts or representations.
These terms of use and the terms referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between you and us relating to your use of the Website, to the exclusion of any other terms.
Failure to enforce any term does not constitute a waiver of that term.
If any part of these terms of use is found to be unenforceable, it will be amended to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable and the remainder of the provisions will remain in full force and effect.
These terms of use are subject to the laws of England and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
We will be entitled to assign and otherwise transfer the agreement under these terms of use by giving you reasonable notice, which may include notice given via the Website.
All questions, comments or enquiries should be directed to us. We will try to respond to within 48 hours.
CONTACT US
[email protected]
PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
INTRODUCTION
Who are we? We are BLAST ApS, incorporated in Denmark, with CVR-no. 38074466. Where we decide the means or purpose of processing your personal data, we are the data "controller."
What’s this policy about? This policy explains how we process your personal data as a data controller when you make us of the services we provide via our website at BLAST.TV (the “Services”). Other apps and websites will have a separate policy. We update this policy from time to time so please check back in.
How do you contact us? (if you have questions about this policy or to exercise your rights)
Write to us at: [email protected]. If we can’t resolve your issue, you can also get in touch with the Information
Commissioner’s Office: https://ico.org.uk/concerns (or if you live in a European country other than the UK, you can
submit a complaint to the supervisory authority in your country).
What are your rights? You have the following rights, although these rights may be limited in some circumstances:
- Ask us to send a copy of your data to you or someone else
- Ask us to restrict, stop processing, or delete your data
- Object to our processing of your data
- Object to use of your personal data for direct marketing
- Ask us to correct inaccuracies
If we rely on consent to process data, or send direct marketing, you can withdraw consent by email to the address above.
YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND HOW WE USE IT
Enquiry data (information we receive when you get in touch) including:
- Name
- Contact details
- Other personal data you send to us as part of enquiries.
How long we keep it: 2 years from when our relationship with you ends.
We process this information to respond to your enquiries.
Legal basis: We may process this information in accordance with the terms of our contract with you (where we need this information to provide Services to you) or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
We also use this to pursue our legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, and in order to understand our customers and improve our website and Services.
More information: You may be required to provide us with certain information in order for us to respond to your enquiries.
Sources: We collect this information from you
Recipients: We may store this information with
Profile and chat data: (information we receive when you set-up and use your profile) including:
- Username
- Age
- Country
- Gender
- Contact details
- Favourite Teams
- Avatar
- Live chat messages
How long we keep it: We keep your profile data for 2 years from when our relationship with you ends.
We process this information to set-up your profile, allow you to share chat messages, and to respond to your enquiries.
Legal basis: We process this information in accordance with the terms of our contract with you (where we need this information to provide Services to you) or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
We also use this information to pursue our legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, and to understand our customers and improve our Services.
We ask for your age so we can pursue our legitimate interests in understanding the age of our users in order to ensure the content on our platform is appropriate for them.
More information: You may be required to provide us with certain information for us to respond to your enquiries.
Sources: We collect this information from you
Recipients: We may store this information with our subprocessors.
Marketing data: We process the following information about you to send you our newsletter and let you know about news and updates relating to us, our partners, products, services and content:
- Name
- Contact information (such as email address)
How long we keep it: Until you have opted-out of marketing communications.
We process this information to send you marketing communications by email.
Legal basis: We process your personal data for this purpose where we have your consent.
More Information: You can withdraw your consent at any time by dropping us a line or clicking on the unsubscribe link in our emails.
Sources: We collect this information from you.
Recipients: We may use Mailgun to manage our email marketing.
Analytics: (data about how users interact with our Services which might be associated with a unique identifier) including:
●browser type and version, IP address, approximate location and time zone, access logs, device type and settings, operating system, & other information provided by browser or device;
●use you make of our Services, including the URLs and content you visit, clickstream to, through and from our website, date and time, page response times, errors, length of visits to pages, interaction (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs) data, and methods used to leave our site.
How long we keep it: After 26 months underlying data is deleted, but we may retain anonymous, aggregated statistics generated from that data.
We use Google Analytics to collect data about visitors to our website, to understand how many people visit, where they come from, and how they interact with our site, a nd to help us improve and maintain our Services and address bugs.
Legal basis: We process analytics data with your consent.
More information: You can find out more about how Google uses data by clicking here.
You can withdraw your consent for Google analytics by using the following link: Google Analytics.
Sources: We use Google’s services to collect this data.
Recipients: Google in the USA collect and process analytics data on our behalf.
Where explicit retention periods are not described above, we hold data for as long as necessary bearing in mind the
purpose for which it was collected. To determine the appropriate period, we consider the amount, nature, and
sensitivity of the data, the potential risk of unauthorised access, and legal requirements.
COOKIES, ANALYTICS AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies, pixels and other technologies store and access data on your device to help websites and apps work. This section explains their purpose, how long they last, and who else can access their data. We get your consent to use them unless they’re essential for our sites, apps or services. Most browsers allow control over cookies, for more information: Google Chrome | Microsoft Edge | Mozilla Firefox | Microsoft Internet Explorer | Opera | Apple Safari .
Other settings to disable certain similar technologies: Windows Advertising ID | iOS and Mac OS Ad Tracking | Google Analytics | Your Ad Choices.
Cookie/data:
- Access token - Duration: 30 mins
- Refresh token - Duration: 7 days
- Password token - Duration: 5 mins
- Reset-password token - Duration: 1 hour
Purpose:
- Authentication - To deliver our Services and third party services which may be embedded into our own Services (such as social media network connectivity).
- Preferences - To remember information about your preferences such as your preferred language and configuration.
- Analytics - To help us understand how you use our Services, such as how often, so we can improve Services and deliver a better experience and also for us to carry out research and statistical analysis to help us develop new content, products and services.
- Advertising - To help us deliver in-Service advertising to you (which may be served by, or facilitated by, third parties). These are also used to help us and our partners and vendors measure the effectiveness of advertising and whether it was actually served to you.
Access: Cookieinformation.com
TRANSFERS AND DISCLOSURE
Transfers: Your data is generally stored in the UK or European Economic Area. Where we use data processors outside the UK and European Economic Area, and transfer personal data to a country which does not provide an adequate level of protection, we use contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data protection similar to that which it has in Europe. For more information drop us a line using the contact details at the start of this policy.
Disclosure: Other than as set out above, we may disclose your personal data:
- Where required by law, government, competent authorities or the courts or to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, and for the purposes of preventing crime and fraud (for example, we may share personal data with our professional advisors, investigators, or credit reference agencies).
- With members of our corporate group, suppliers and subcontractors, as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
- If involved in an investment, merger, acquisition, or sale of our organisation or assets, personal data we hold may be shared on the basis of the legitimate interests of us, our shareholders, customers and other parties to a transaction, unless those interests are outweighed by prejudicial impacts upon you.
COMMUNITY GUIDELINES
Last updated: 26/04/2022
Hello! And thank you for joining the BLAST.tv Community :)
All of us at BLAST want to ensure the Website encourages participation in a friendly and inclusive way. It is important to us that our users interact safely and positively. To encourage this, in addition to our Terms of Use, we have put together these guidelines to help everyone understand what we consider to be fair use of our Website.
We may change these guidelines from time to time, so please check back here for updates and further guidance.
If you have questions about these guidelines, please reach out to us at [email protected].
BREAKING THE LAW
All applicable local, national and international laws must be respected whilst using our Website. Content which promotes illegal activity is strictly prohibited.
SUSPENSION
BLAST has the right to suspend your account, or any further accounts you create, where we believe it reasonable and proportionate to do so, including where your conduct is in breach of the letter or spirit of these guidelines, or of our Terms of Use.
YOUR BEHAVIOUR
The following behaviour is prohibited on our Website:
- Violence or threats of violence: Any conduct which we consider to be violent or threatening of violence will not be tolerated on our Website and will lead to suspension. This includes but is not limited to any attempt to or threat to harm another person.
- Hateful conduct and harassment: Hateful conduct and harassment include, but are not limited to conduct which is dishonest, racist, sexist, homophonic, bullying, trolling, or conduct which could damage our reputation or the reputation of another, or infringe their rights. BLAST will not tolerate any hateful conduct or harassment whatsoever on the Website.
- Malicious conduct such as spams and scams: This includes but is not limited to phishing, fraud, spreading malware or viruses and distributing unwanted advertisements.
- Nudity, pornography, and other sexual content: Sexually explicit content (where sharing or asking for it) are prohibited on our Website.
- Impersonation: Impersonation of an individual or organisation, regardless of whether they are a registered user on the Website, will not be tolerated.
ANYTHING ELSE?
If you are unsure about doing something with our Website that isn‘t covered by these guidelines please don‘t do it without getting permission from us. You can contact us at [email protected].
COMPANY AND CONTACT INFORMATION
In these guidelines “we”, “us" and “our" refers to BLAST ApS, a company incorporated in Denmark, with CVR-no. 38074466 and offices at Lergravsvej 57 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark.
Contact us: [email protected]
COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS
BY PARTICIPATING IN A COMPETITION YOU ARE AGREEING TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- A competition is open to entrants over 13 years of age.
- BLAST employees and associates are excluded from the draw.
- By entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and that you are eligible to receive any prizes that may be awarded to you.
- There is a limit of one entry per person and the competition is completely free to enter.
- The prize is non-transferable and non-exchangeable, and no cash alternatives will be provided.
- We reserve the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value if circumstances beyond our control require doing so.
- The winner will be chosen at random and notified via the email address provided when signing up to blast-dev.tv
- Blast.tv will make one attempt to contact the winner via email.
- If the winner does not respond to the email informing them of their win within 7 days, they forfeit their right to the prize, and Blast.tv reserves the right to select and notify a new winner.
- You agree that any personal information that you provide when entering A competition will be used by BLAST.tv for the purposes of administering the competition and for the other purposes as specified in our Privacy Policy.
- The winner's username will be announced on blast-dev.tv's website and social media channels.
- BLAST.tv accepts no liability for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by any entrants as a result of participating in the competition or being selected for a prize.
- BLAST.tv reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to cancel the competition or amend these terms and conditions.