Terms and Conditions

Contents:

• Website Terms of Use
• Terms and Conditions of Online Purchases
  • D&AD Festival Bookings
  • Masterclass Bookings
  • Physical Goods

Website Terms of Use

Except where indicated otherwise all copyright and other rights that subsist in the home page and in the sub-domain pages of the www.dandad.org website (“the Site”) are owned by

D&AD
D&AD 
64 Cheshire Street 
London 
E2 6EH

The use of all pages of the Site are subject to the following terms and conditions of use but access to certain pages of the Site, some of which may be restricted, may be subject to further conditions of use as indicated:

1. You may browse, download, view, print and copy onto the hard disk of your computer (but not photocopy) any material from the Site for your own personal use only. Any other type of use requires the prior written agreement of D&AD.
2. You will not use the Site:
   • for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material, the publication, dissemination, use or possession of which infringes the rights of any person or which is unlawful in any other respect;
   • in any way which is abusive, defamatory or obscene or which will harass, distress or inconvenience any person or which might restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Site by any person;
   • for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, “junk mail,” “spam,” “chain letters,” “pyramid schemes,” or any other form of solicitation or commercial exploitation;
   • for the posting, uploading, emailing or other transmission of any material that contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
   • to create a commercial database (electronic or otherwise) that includes material downloaded or otherwise obtained from the Site;
   • to transmit or re-circulate any material obtained from the Site to any third party;
   • in such a way so as to remove the copyright or trade mark notice(s) from any copies of any material made in accordance with these terms; or
   • in any way that might bring D&AD into disrepute.
3. Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information provided by D&AD, its employees and agents in these pages, the contents of the Site are naturally subject to change from time to time. D&AD cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of all information on the Site. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING THE ACCURACY OF RELEVANT FACTS AND OPINIONS GIVEN ON THE SITE BEFORE ENTERING INTO ANY COMMITMENT BASED UPON THEM.
4. D&AD cannot guarantee that your use of the Site will be free from error and/or uninterrupted. D&AD, its [directors], [its trustees], its employees and its representatives exclude, in so far as it is legally possible, all liability and responsibility for any damages (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of D&AD or its officers) including, but not limited to, indirect or consequential damages, damages for loss of opportunity or chance, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other action, arising out of, or in connection with, any information on the Site or any other Internet sites or the use thereof.
5. Where information (including sensitive financial or personal information) is provided to D&AD directly through the Site or by email you accept that these methods of communication cannot be 100% secure. [D&AD uses encryption software to attempt to prevent unauthorised access to this information being obtained. However, ]D&AD cannot accept any responsibility or liability for any damages (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of D&AD or its officers) arising from the misuse or loss of data or information submitted by you to D&AD directly through the Site or by email.
6. Some of the pages on the Site include links to external websites. These links are included to give you the opportunity to access other pages that it is felt may be of interest or assistance to you. D&AD is not responsible for the content of these Internet sites.
7. Whilst effort has been taken to ensure that the Site is free from viruses, D&AD gives no warranties it will always be free from viruses and you are responsible for ensuring that you have installed adequate and up-to-date virus-checking software. D&AD excludes, in so far as it is legally possible, all liability and responsibility (other than liability for death or physical injury arising out of the negligence of D&AD or its officers) for any viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, restrict, destroy, limit the functionality of or compromise the integrity of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment or other material transmitted with or as part of the Site.
8. The names, images and logos identifying D&AD or third parties and their products and services, are the proprietary marks of D&AD, and/or may be the proprietary marks of third parties. Any use made of these marks may be an infringement of rights in those marks and D&AD reserves all rights to enforce such rights that it might have.
9. These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the Site after any variation has been posted.
10. If any of these terms and conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from the terms and conditions and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
11. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from matters relating to the Site shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Terms and Conditions of Online Purchases

Under the Consumer Contracts Regulations you have the right to cancel your order for any goods purchased on this website within 14 days of receiving an order confirmation email. 
If D&AD has not yet dispatched the goods, D&AD will cancel your order and make a repayment within seven days. You can cancel an order by emailing shop@dandad.org or calling D&AD on 020 7840 1111. New D&AD Memberships may also be cancelled within 14 days of receiving an order confirmation email. Event tickets are exempt from this right to cancellation, including D&AD Festival and D&AD Masterclass bookings - cancellation terms for these specific products are listed below.

These terms may be varied from time to time. Please ensure that you review these terms and conditions regularly as you will be deemed to have accepted a variation if you continue to use the Site after any variation has been posted.

D&AD Festival Bookings

Masterclass Bookings

The provisions in this section do not apply to bookings made on the Bespoke programme.

Participants shall have the right to cancel their attendance on a specific session by giving D&AD written notice of their desire to cancel. On a cancellation a full refund will be offered subject to the following charges to the following charges:

• Where written notice of your desire to cancel your booking is received by D&AD more than two calendar months before the date of the session concerned no cancellation fee will be charged.
• Where written notice of your desire to cancel your booking is received by D&AD less than two calendar months but more than 28 days before the date of the session concerned a cancellation fee of 50% of the course fee will be charged.
• Where written notice of your desire to cancel your booking is received by D&AD less than 28 days before the date of the session concerned a cancellation fee equal to 100% of the course fee will be charged.

If the participant can’t attend the session, they may send a substitute from their organisation in their place provided they inform D&AD of the change. Where the participant is not the booker, the booker must confirm the substitution.

Payment must be made at least seven days before the session date and places will not be confirmed until then.

The masterclass discount for individual members is only available for members to use on their own sessions. The discount for corporate members is only available to members of the organisation holding the corporate membership. D&AD reserve the right to cancel without notice any session offered on the programme. Where is a session is cancelled by D&AD, D&AD will endeavor to offer you a place on an alternative session or a place on the same session but delivered at a later date. Where this is not possible or you do not wish to accept the alternatives offered D&AD will offer you a full refund.

D&AD reserves the right to use any work produced by participants on Masterclass sessions or images of any other D&AD events for the furtherance and promotion of D&AD’s activities and goals. Work produced on some of the sessions may remain the copyright of the session leader. Complaints will be put before the D&AD Board of Trustees and responded to within two calendar months.

Some D&AD events are hosted by external venues. You acknowledge that D&AD may have to change the published venue for the event for reasons beyond control and in such cases, you will not be entitled to cancel unless the change in venue represents a significant disadvantage to you.