STANDARD TERMS & CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE

1 Interpretation

1.1 In these Conditions:

“MTV Networks Europe” means MTV Networks Europe, a partnership between MTV Networks Europe Inc and Viacom Networks Europe Inc organised and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, and having its principal place of business at 17-29 Hawley Crescent, London NW1 8TT, United Kingdom
“Conditions” means the standard terms and conditions of purchase set out in this document and (unless the context otherwise requires) includes any special terms and conditions agreed in writing between MTV Networks Europe and the Vendor, as such are agreed by authorised representatives of the parties.
“Contract” means the contract for the purchase of the Products by MTV Networks Europe or the performance of the Services by MTV Networks Europe as governed by these Conditions and the Purchase Order.
“Delivery Address” means the address for delivery stated in the Purchase Order.
“Purchase Order” means MTV Networks Europe’s purchase order to which these Conditions are annexed, and/or any purchase orders subsequently sent by MTV Networks Europe to the Vendor.
“Price” means the price of the Products and/or charge for the performance of Services (as the context so requires).
“Products” means the product(s) (including any instalment of the products or any part of them) described in the Purchase Order.
“Services” means the service(s) described in the Purchase Order.
“Specification” includes any plans, drawings, data or other information relating to the Products or Services.
“Vendor” means the company or person so described in the Purchase Order who is selling the Products or supplying the Services.
“Writing” includes hand written and typed communication, facsimile transmission and comparable means of communication.

1.2 Any reference in these Conditions to a statute shall be construed as a reference to that statute or provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.

1.3 The headings in these Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation.

2 Basis of Purchase

2.1 The Purchase Order constitutes an offer by MTV Networks Europe to purchase the Products and/or acquire the Services subject to these Conditions, and performance by the Vendor of the Services and/or delivery by you of the Products will constitute acceptance of such offer.

2.2 These Conditions shall apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions on which any quotation has been given to MTV Networks Europe or subject to which the Purchase Order is accepted or purported to be accepted by the Vendor, and the Vendor waives any right which it otherwise might have to rely on such other terms and conditions.

2.3 MTV Networks Europe may vary these Conditions at any time upon reasonable notice and MTV Networks Europe shall ensure that notice of such variation, along with the varied Conditions, shall be uploaded at the website having the url: www.mtvnetworks.co.uk/finance/termsandconditions

3 Specifications

3.1 The quantity, quality and description of the Products and the Services shall, subject as provided in the Conditions, be as specified in the Purchase Order and/or in any applicable Specification supplied by MTV Networks Europe to the Vendor or agreed in writing by an authorised representative of MTV Networks Europe.

3.2 The Vendor shall comply with all applicable regulations or other legal requirements concerning the manufacture, packaging, packing and delivery of the Products and the performance of the Services. Any returnable receptacles, containers or packaging etc. shall be collected by the Vendor from MTV Networks Europe at the Vendor’s own risk and expense.

3.3 The Vendor shall not unreasonably refuse any request by MTV Networks Europe to inspect and test the Products during manufacture, processing or storage at the premises of the Vendor or any third party prior to dispatch, and the Vendor shall provide MTV Networks Europe with all facilities reasonably required for inspection and testing.

3.4 If as a result of inspection or testing MTV Networks Europe is not satisfied that the Products comply or will comply in all respects with the Contract and MTV Networks Europe so informs the Vendor within 7 days of inspection or testing then the Vendor shall take steps as are necessary to ensure compliance.

3.5 The Products shall be marked in accordance with MTV Networks Europe’s instructions and any applicable regulations or requirements of the carrier, and will be properly packed and secured so as to reach their destination in an undamaged condition and fit for their purpose.

4 Confidentiality

4.1 The Vendor shall keep confidential all information pertaining to, belonging to, or held by MTV Networks Europe which may come into the Vendor’s possession during the period of the Contract and shall not without the prior written consent of MTV Networks Europe divulge the existence of the Contract or disclose any of the aforementioned information to a third party for any purpose other than is necessary to fulfil its obligations under the Contract. The above conditions shall not apply to any information that is already within the public domain or any information obtained from a third party who is free to disclose the information.

5 Price of the Products and Services

5.1 The price of the Products and the Services shall not exceed that stated in the Purchase Order and unless otherwise so stated shall be:

5.1.1 Inclusive of all royalties, license fees or similar expenses arising from the use of any intellectual property for the purpose of fulfilling the Contract and all charges for packaging, packing shipping, carriage, insurance and delivery of the Products or the Services (as applicable) to the Delivery Address and any duties, imports of levies other than value added tax.

5.1.2 Exclusive of any applicable value added tax (which shall be payable by MTV Networks Europe subject to receipt of a valid VAT invoice).

5.2 No increase in the price may be made (whether on account of increased material, labour or transport costs, fluctuation in rates of exchange or otherwise) without the prior written consent of MTV Networks Europe.

5.3 MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to any discount for prompt payment, bulk purchase or volume of purchase customarily granted by the Vendor to its customers.

6 Terms of Payment

6.1 The Vendor shall, following supply of the Products and/or Services submit an invoice for the Price of the actual Products and/or Services supplied in accordance with the Contract which shall contain the particulars required by statute in respect of VAT, the order number shown on the Purchase Order and any other particulars prescribed in the Purchase Order and such shall be sent to the Delivery Address.

6.2 Unless otherwise stated in the Purchase Order MTV Networks Europe shall pay the Price for the Products or Services within 30 days of receipt by MTV Networks Europe of a valid invoice or if later, after acceptance of the Products or Services by MTV Networks Europe, but time for payment shall not be of the essence.

6.3 MTV Networks Europe reserves the right to refuse payment of any invoice which is not submitted in accordance with the Contract. MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to set off against the Price any sums owed to MTV Networks Europe by the Vendor or any holding subsidiary or associated company of the Vendor.

7 Delivery

7.1 The Products shall be delivered to, and the Services performed at, the Delivery Address on the date or within the period stated in the Purchase Order, in either case during MTV Networks Europe’s usual business hours. The Vendor shall be responsible for delivering and unloading the Products.

7.2 Where the date of delivery of the Products or of performance of the Services is to be specified after the placing of the Purchase Order, the Vendor shall give MTV Networks Europe reasonable notice of the specified date.

7.3 The time and date of delivery of the Products or of performance of the Services is of the essence of the Contract.

7.4 A packing note quoting the order number of the Purchase Order must accompany each delivery or consignment of the Products and must be displayed prominently.

7.5 If the Products are to be delivered, or the Services are to be performed, by instalments, the Contract will be treated as a single Contract and not severable.

7.6 MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to reject any Products delivered or Services performed which are not in accordance with the Contract, and shall not be deemed to have accepted any Products or the performance of the Services until MTV Networks Europe has had a reasonable time to inspect them following delivery or, if later, within a reasonable time after any latent defect in the Products or Services has become apparent.

7.7 The Vendor shall supply MTV Networks Europe in good time any instructions or other information required to enable MTV Networks Europe to accept delivery of the Products and performance of the Services.

7.8 MTV Networks Europe shall not be obliged to return to the Vendor any packaging materials for the Products, whether or not any Products are accepted by MTV Networks Europe.

7.9 If the Products are not delivered or the Services are not performed on the due date then, without prejudice to any other remedy, MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to deduct from the Price or (if MTV Networks Europe has paid the Price) to claim from the Vendor by way of liquidated damage for delay five per cent of the Price for every week’s delay, up to a maximum of fifty per cent.

8 Risk and Property

8.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Products shall pass to MTV Networks Europe upon delivery to MTV Networks Europe in accordance with the Contract.

8.2 Property in the Products shall pass to MTV Networks Europe upon delivery, unless payment for the Products is made prior to delivery, when it shall pass to MTV Networks Europe once payment has been made.

9 Warranties and Liability

9.1 The Vendor warrants to MTV Networks Europe that the Products or Services:

9.1.1 will be of satisfactory quality and fit for any purpose held out by the Vendor or made known to the Vendor in writing at the time the Purchase Order was placed; and

9.1.2 will be free from defects in design, material and workmanship; and

9.1.3 will correspond with any relevant Specification or sample; and

9.1.4 will comply with all statutory requirements and regulations relating to the sale of the Products or supply of Services; and

9.2 The Vendor warrants that the Vendor has good title to the Products and that the Products are free from undisclosed charges, encumbrances or liens.

9.3 The Vendor warrants to MTV Networks Europe that the Services will be performed by appropriately qualified and trained personnel, with due care and diligence and to such high standard of quality as it is reasonable for MTV Networks Europe to accept in all circumstances.

9.4 Without prejudice to any other remedy, if any Products or Services are not supplied or performed in accordance with the Contract, then MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled, at MTV Networks Europe’s sole option:

9.4.1 to require the Vendor to repair the Products or to supply replacement Products or re-perform the Services in accordance with the Contract within 7 days, and to reimburse MTV Networks Europe for carriage charges incurred by MTV Networks Europe in returning the non-conforming Products to the Vendor; and/or

9.4.2 and whether or not MTV Networks Europe has previously required the Vendor to repair the Products or to supply any replacement Products or Services, to treat the Contract in whole or in part as discharged by the Vendor’s breach and required the full repayment of any part of the Price which has been paid; and/or

9.4.3 Recover from the Vendor any expenditure reasonably incurred by MTV Networks Europe in obtaining Products or Services from another supplier.

9.5 The Vendor shall indemnify MTV Networks Europe in full against all liabilities, loss, damages, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) awarded against or incurred or paid by MTV Networks Europe as a result of or in connection with:

9.5.1 breach of any warranty given by the Vendor in relation to the Products or the Services;

9.5.2 breach of any of the Conditions;

9.5.3 any claim that the Products infringe, or their importation, use or resale, infringes the patent, copyright, design, right, trademark or other intellectual property rights of any other person, except to the extent that the claim arises from compliance with any Specification supplied by MTV Networks Europe;

9.5.4 any liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in respect of the Products;

9.5.5 any act or omission of the Vendor or its employees, agents or sub-contractors in supplying, delivering and installing of the Products or performing the Services;

9.5.6 any act or omission of any of the Vendor’s personnel in connection with the performance of the Services and Consumer Protection Act 1987 in relation to the Products.

9.6 MTV Networks Europe reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or payment or to cancel the Contract or reduce the volume of the Products or Services ordered if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond its control including, without limitation, acts of God, governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, riot, civil commotion, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or other labour disputes (whether or not relating to either party's workforce), or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials.

10 Insurance

10.1 The Vendor shall have in force and shall maintain a policy of insurance in respect of its liabilities with a limit of not less than £5,000,000.00 for any one claim arising out of any one incident or event and without limit as to the number of claims during the period of insurance.

11 Termination

11.1 MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to cancel the Purchase Order in respect of all or part only of the Products and/or Services by giving notice to the Vendor at any time prior to delivery or performance, in which event MTV Networks Europe’s sole liability will be to pay to the Vendor the Price for the Products or Services in respect of which Buyer has exercised its right of cancellation, less the Vendor’s net saving of cost arising from the cancellation. MTV Networks Europe may cancel the Purchase Order without incurring any payment charges, if such order is cancelled within 7 days of it being placed.

11.2 MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to terminate the Contract without liability to the Vendor by giving notice to the Vendor at any time if:

11.2.1 the Vendor makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors (within the meaning of the Insolvency Act 1986) or (being a company) becomes subject to an administration order or goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction);

11.2.2 an encumbrance takes possession, or a receiver is appointed, of any of the property or assets of the Vendor;

11.2.3 the Vendor ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business;

11.2.4 MTV Networks Europe reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to the Vendor and notifies the Vendor accordingly;

11.2.5 the Vendor commits a breach, and if capable of remedy, fails to remedy within 7 working days following notification of the breach by MTV Networks Europe.

11.2.6 the Vendor is subject to a change of control

11.3 Termination of the Contract for any reason shall not bring to an end the confidentiality obligations contained in Clause 4 hereunder.

11.4 Termination of the Contract, however arising, shall be without prejudice to the rights and duties of MTV Networks Europe accrued prior to termination.

12 Sales to Third Parties

12.1 The Vendor agrees not to sell items made to MTV Networks Europe’s specific instructions to any person, third party or company except with written authority from MTV Networks Europe.

13 Hazardous Products

13.1 Hazardous Products must be marked by the Vendor with international danger symbols and display the name of the material in English. Products must be accompanied by emergency information in English in the form of written instructions, labels and markings. All information held by, or reasonably available to the Vendor regarding any potential hazards known to exist in the transport, handling or use of the Products supplied must be immediately communicated and confirmed in writing to MTV Networks Europe.

14 Technical Support

14.1 The Vendor will make available technical staff and support facilities for the Products in the form of experts with technical knowledge of the Products printed technical literature, handbooks, catalogues etc. for a period of five years from the date of the Purchase Order.

15 Labelling

15.1 A description of the Products, quantity in package, name of individual or department concerned, any special directions for storage, expiry date of contents (where applicable) shall be shown on the outside of every package unless otherwise specified in the Contract.

16 Corruption

16.1 MTV Networks Europe shall be entitled to terminate the Purchase Order and to recover from the Vendor the amount of any loss resulting from such cancellation, if the Vendor shall have offered or given or agreed to give any person employed by MTV Networks Europe any gifts, payments of considerations or any kind of inducement in relation to the obtaining or execution of any Products.

17 General

17.1 Except for fraudulent misrepresentation, this Contract constitutes the full and complete agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior understandings, whether oral or written, pertaining to the subject matter. In the event of conflict, these Conditions shall prevail.

17.2 The Purchase Order is personal to the Vendor and the Vendor shall not assign or transfer or purport to assign or transfer to any other person any of its right or subcontract any of its obligations under the Contract.

17.3 Any notice required or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these conditions shall be in Writing addressed to that other party at it’s registered office or principal place of business or such other address as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the notice.

17.4 No waiver by MTV Networks Europe of any breach of the Contract by the Vendor shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.

17.5 If any provision of these conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected thereby.

17.6 The Vendor and MTV Networks Europe do not intend any term of the Contract shall be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person who is not a party to it.

17.7 The Contract shall be governed by the laws of England and is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

MTV Networks Europe: 26 January 2010

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PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy sets out how we and our related companies use any personal information that you give to us or we collect from you, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. Personal information also includes anything else that can identify you as an individual, such as photos or videos of you and any information regarding your interests, hobbies, preferences or other similar information which we link to your personal information. We refer to this as “your information” in this privacy policy.

We may give certain words that are used in this Privacy Policy a particular meaning which will be set out where these words are featured in bold within inverted commas like this: “words”.

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1. OUR DETAILS

"We", "us" and "our" means MTV Networks Europe which is a Delaware partnership between MTV Networks Europe Inc and Viacom Networks Europe. Our principal place of business is at 17-29 Hawley Crescent, London NW1 8TT. Our VAT number is GB466509032. If you have any questions or concerns please refer to our frequently answered questions (FAQs). If the FAQs do not adequately address your questions or concerns you may contact us using our email contact form.

2. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may need to make changes to this privacy policy in future. For example to reflect changes in the law, changes in the type of services or information we provide to you or to correct any errors. We will try to keep all such changes to a minimum. We recommend that you check this policy from time to time to see if it has changed. We will always state at the bottom of this policy the date on which it was last updated.

If you continue to use our services after our privacy policy changes you will be bound by those changes.

3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

We collect your information in the following ways.

· When you give it to us, for example when you:

- provide information about yourself to enter one of our competitions or promotions
- order products or services from us such as video clips from our WAP site (see our Mobile Terms of Use for more information on the use of our mobile services)
- register as a new member of one of our online communities (See our “Online Communities and Social Project” sectionbelow and our Website Terms of Use for more information on this registration process)
- opt in to receive any of our newsletters or other marketing information
- rate or post any comments regarding content cast a vote on anything within our online services

· If it is passed to us by Social Project Inc when you join one of our online communities from another community within the Social Project Network (see “Our Online Communities and Social Project” Section below and the SP Privacy Policy for more details on this)

· If it passed to us by our affiliates, partners or other third parties with your consent

· Automatically using “cookies”, web beacons and other tracking systems (see the “Automatic Information” section below for more details on how we use cookies and how you can disable them if you choose to do so).

4. HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your information operationally to:

· process any requests or orders for goods or services that you have may or purchased
· to enter you for the competitions or promotions which you have indicated you wish to enter,
· identify your personal preferences for any communications to you such as newsletters
· provide you with access to any of our online communities that you are a member of and to provide you with updates relating to those communities
· allow you to post comments, rate content or cast your vote
· to respond to or deal with any queries or complaints that you may have

In addition and with your consent we (and if applicable, our partners or other trusted third parties) use your information for certain marketing, market research, analysis and related purposes. It is up to you how much or how little information you allow us to use for these purposes. Our on screen notices will ask for your explicit permission (often by way of a tick box) for such additional purposes. These purposes include:

· to communicate with you from time to time by email, by mobile (using SMS or, if your mobile device permits, MMS messages or similar technologies) and occasionally by post with our newsletters, information, offers and other material which may interest you (such communications may be sent by third party service providers on our behalf)

· to make your information available from time to time to trusted partners and third parties, for the same purposes as above (which will be in accordance with the privacy policies of such trusted partners and third parties)

· to conduct market research, for example by asking you to participate in a survey about topical issues conducted by us or trusted partners or third parties. We will always try to tell you before you participate in the survey how any information you provide in the survey will be used

· to enable us and third parties acting on our behalf to analyse your information, in a non-identifying form, (generally in the form of statistics), so that we can identify trends about usage of our online or other services and improve them

We also reserve the right to access and disclose your personal information in order to comply with applicable laws, to comply with lawful requests from governments, law enforcement agencies or parties whose request we reasonably consider to be justified in connection with any allegations by any party about your abuse of our services, to operate our systems properly or to protect ourselves or our users.

Some of the partners and third parties with whom we share your information may be outside of the European Union, by using our online services you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside of the EU.

5. OUR ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL PROJECT

All of our online communities and your member profiles for those communities are powered, hosted, and administered by Social Project Inc (“SP”) which is a company based in the United States that operates a website at http://www.socialproject.com and a global network of online social communities (“SP Network”).

When you submit your information to join any of our communities you automatically register with both that community and directly with SP in the United States. The use by us of your registered information shall be in accordance with this Privacy Policy whereas the use by SP of your information is governed by the SP Privacy Policy (click here to see how SP makes use of your personal data) and United States law. Please note that United States law provides a lower standard of protection for personal information than the United Kingdom. By registering with, using and participating in any of our communities you therefore acknowledge and consent to the submission, collection, transfer, storage, and processing of your information to and in the United States.

Once you are registered with any of our online communities you may easily join any other community within the SP Network by simply clicking the join button within that website. On joining that other community your user profile information will be automatically transferred by SP to that other community. You may also be required to provide additional information and/or consents. Please note that the use of your information by the operator of that community (which may be in a different country) will be subject its privacy policy (which you should review) and shall be governed by the local laws of its country and we shall have no responsibility for this.

Your member profiles within the SP Network are public (unless made private) as are postings to any of our communities which can be indexed by third-party search engines and appear in search results on third-party web sites. You should therefore exercise caution when disclosing information in your profile or elsewhere on any of our communities.

You can decide how much of your information is automatically displayed in your public profile as follows:

· You can hide certain of elements of your member profile information by revising the member privacy settings found in the “Privacy” page of the “Profile” area (found by clicking on the “Profile” tab and then the “Edit Profile” tab and then “Privacy”). IMPORTANT NOTE: Even if you set your member profile to private your thumbnail picture, display name, general location, and gender may still appear publicly: (i) as a search result if another Member conducts a search of other SP Network communities using matching criteria, such as location, gender, age criteria, etc.; and (ii) on other SP Network communities that display featured thumbnails, for example, pages showing most active members, recent members, most popular members, etc
· You can choose to completely hide from public view posts to your member profile blog

· You can delete comments posted to another community member’s page.
Please refer to our Website Terms of Use for restrictions with respect to public postings. We reserve the right (in our sole discretion) to set certain limits on the availability of some or all features within our communities.

6. UNSUBSCRIBING/ AMENDING YOUR INFORMATION / NEWSLETTERS

You can amend or remove information you give us via our online services at any time as follows:

· to amend any information you have given us when registering for our online communities go to your member profile area by clicking on the “profile” tab and then select “Edit Profile” and you can amend your basic information, personal preferences (which will affect what content we include in our newsletters and marketing information sent to you) and profile photo
· to deactivate your member account click go to the Profile area and select on “Edit Profile” and then “Account” and then click on the relevant link
· to unsubscribe from a newsletter or other email distribution click on the relevant link on the newsletter/other email (which can normally be found at the bottom of the communication) or go the“Preferences” area of our online services and remove the ticks from the newsletters boxes
· to withdraw from a subscription service you requested via SMS/MMS (as opposed to online) by following the instructions you receive in the message confirming your request and sending the message “STOP” to the appropriate short code (see the Mobile Services Terms of Use for more detail on this).

If you want to remove all of your information from our database or have any questions about privacy issues, you can contact us by using our email contact form specifying your name, user-name, email address and telephone number and asking for your information to be removed or specifying any questions you may have.

7. AUTOMATIC INFORMATION

Like many websites, we use "cookies”. Cookies are small text files that websites automatically save to the cookie file of the browser on your computer when you enter the website. We do not use cookies that access any information stored on your hard drive or damage or otherwise endanger your computer. We use cookies to identify your computer when you use our online services and to track and assist your navigation around our online services.

Examples of the information that may be analysed using cookies are user-name, email address and password, the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, browser type and version, operating system and platform you use to connect, areas of our online services that you viewed or searched for, the Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) from or through which you entered and exited our online services and the date and time of such activity.

You can use the "Help" section of the tool bar on most browsers to change the settings on your computer, for example to notify you when you receive a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. However, some of the features of our online services may not work or may be more difficult to access if you refuse all cookies.

We use third party advertising companies to serve advertisements on our online services including a company known as DoubleClick. The ads you receive are influenced by various factors, including your browsing history prior to visiting this website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your use of our online services in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements, our third party serving network may place or recognise a unique "cookie" on your browser. This is a "persistent" cookie, which means that it is stored on your computer and will remain there until it expires or you remove it. The ad serving networks may also make use of other technologies, such as "web beacons", in order to improve the relevance of the ads you receive. If you would like more information about DoubleClick’s practices and to know your choices about not having this information used by this company please click here: www.doubleclick.net/us/corporate/privacy.

8. SECURITY

We have taken steps to ensure that your personal information is secure, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorised access.

9. BUSINESS TRANSFERS

In the unlikely event that we sell or otherwise dispose of some or all of our business to another party, we reserve the right to transfer your information as part of any assets sold or disposed of and you consent to such transfer.

This policy was last updated on 1st March 2008.