TERMS & CONDITIONS

This legal notice applies to the entire contents of the website under the domain name www.theluxediary.com or any local domain variants used to access the same information (“Website“) and to any correspondence by e-mail between Us and You.

Please read these terms carefully before using the Website. Using the Website indicates that You accept these terms. If You do not accept these terms, do not use the Website.

This notice is issued by Vrai Communications International Sarl. Vrai Communications International Sarl is a limited liability company with registered number RCS88B12226 APE 74IG SIREN 348 137 423 SIRET 348 137 423 00029 at 15 rue Charles V 75004 Paris France (the “Company”). The Company is registered for VAT purposes with VAT registration number No TVA CEE FR 89 348 137 423 00029.

“The Luxe Diary” is a trading name, brand and publication of the Company. “Company” or “We” or “Us” or “Our” mean Vrai Communications International Sarl and any of Vrai Communications International Sarl associated companies, brands or trading names, the other partnerships, corporations and other undertakings which are authorised to carry the name “The Luxe Diary” or “Vrai Communications” or to describe themselves as being “in association with The Luxe Diary” (or similar expressions) or one or more of those undertakings as the context requires and their successors and assigns.

“You” or “Your” mean a user of this Website.

By accessing this Website, You agree:

• that You will access its contents solely for Your own private use.
• to comply with all applicable laws and regulatory requirements relating to Your use of this Website.
• to comply with all reasonable instructions We give You relating to this Website.
• not to use this Website to distribute any information or data in contravention of any regulation or legislation (including, but not limited to, regulation or legislation governing financial services, money laundering or anti-terrorism).

The Company may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with any amendments. This policy is effective from 1 January 2018.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

By submitting to us, you grant us the right to publish your material in the way that we see fit, whether on social media or on our website. 

The Luxe Diary reserves the right to publish all, some, or none of your requests for publishing & we will place your submission in whichever issue it fits best, aesthetically.

If your submission is not selected for publishing, it will likely be for one of the following reasons:

• Your submission did not fully adhere to our guidelines
• The quality and/or style of your images were not right for our magazine, at the time
• Your images did not fit a certain issue’s aesthetic or season
• Your submission was too similar to another story we were planning to use for the issue
• We reached our maximum page count for that particular issue

1. Introduction

1.1 You may access the Website without registering Your details with Us.
1.2 By accessing any part of the Website, You shall be deemed to have accepted this legal notice in full. If You do not accept this legal notice in full, You must leave the Website immediately.
1.3 The Company may revise this legal notice at any time by updating this posting. You should check the Website from time to time to review the then current legal notice, because it is binding on You. Certain provisions of this legal notice may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at the Website.

2. Licence

2.1 You are permitted to print and download extracts from the Website for Your own use on the following basis:
(a) no documents or related graphics on the Website are modified in any way;
(b) no graphics on the Website are used separately from the corresponding text; and
(c) the Company’s copyright and trade mark notices and this permission notice appear in all copies.
2.2 Unless otherwise stated, the copyright, trade marks and other intellectual property rights (registered or unregistered) of whatsoever nature in all material, content and information on the Website (including without limitation photographs, texts and graphical images, the site’s design, layout and organization) are owned by the Company or its licensors. Except where stated under clause 2.1 above, material may not be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, or transmitted in any form by any means, including but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Company. If You breach any of the terms in this legal notice, Your permission to use the Website automatically terminates and You must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed extracts from the Website.
2.3 Subject to clause 2.1, no part of the Website may be reproduced or stored in any other website or included in any public or private electronic retrieval system or service without the Company’s prior written permission.
2.4 Any rights not expressly granted in these terms are reserved.

3. Service access

3.1 While the Company endeavours to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, the Company shall not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.
3.2 Access to the Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond the Company’s control.

4. Visitor material and conduct

4.1 You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from the Website any material:
(a) that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance or inconvenience; or
(b) for which You have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals; or
(c) which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in any country in the world; or
(d) which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data).
4.2 You may not misuse the Website (including, without limitation, by hacking).
4.3 The Company shall fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing the Company to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting any material in breach of clause 4.1 or clause 4.2.

5. Links to and from other websites

5.1 Links to third party websites on the Website are provided solely for Your convenience. If You use these links, You leave the Website. The Company has not reviewed all of these third party websites and does not control and is not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. The Company therefore does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If You decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Website, You do so entirely at Your own risk.
You may create links to the Website provided that:
(a) You do not remove, distort or otherwise alter the size or appearance of the Company or The Luxe Diary logo;
(b) You do not create a frame or any other browser or border environment around the Website;
(c) You do not in any way imply that the Company is endorsing any products or services other than its own;
(d) You do not misrepresent Your relationship with the Company nor present any other false information about the Company;
(e) You do not otherwise use any Vrai Communications Internationales Sarl trade marks displayed on the Website without express written permission from the Company;
(f) You do not link from a website that is not owned by You; and
(g) Your website does not contain content that is distasteful, offensive or controversial, infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or otherwise does not comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
5.2 The Company expressly reserves the right to revoke the right granted in clause 5.1 for breach of these terms and to take any action it deems appropriate.
5.3 You shall fully indemnify the Company for any loss or damage suffered by the Company or any of its group companies for breach of clause 5.1.
All matters concerning any goods and services that you purchase from a third party site, including without limitation all contract terms are solely between you and the owner of that site and the Company will not be liable for any costs or damages to you or any third party arising directly or indirectly out of the use of or access to any third party website. You hereby waive any claim you might have against the Company with respect to any such sites.

6. Registration for The Luxe Diary’s newsletter

The Luxe Diary newsletter is an e-newsletter for registered subscribers. If you elect to register with us you are confirming upon registration that you are over 18 years of age or are a minor, aged over 13, with parental consent to use the service you are registering for. You agree that any information you provide to us about yourself upon registration or at any other time will be true, accurate and complete. You must keep any password which you use to access the Website confidential and must not disclose it to or share it with anyone. You will be responsible for all activities that occur under your account. Any protections provided by the Company apply only to its registered users. You are therefore advised to register. If at any point you do not wish to receive these newsletters you may unsubscribe from the mailing list using the link on the newsletter.

7. Withdrawal of Membership to The Luxe Diary’s newsletter

The Company may withdraw membership of The Luxe Diary newsletter from any member at any time. Attempts to rejoin, may result in legal action. The Company’s decision is final and no discussion will be entered into. The Company will be entitled to restrict, suspend or terminate your membership or deny you access to the Website or take such other action as the Company deems appropriate if the Company determines, in its sole discretion, that you are in breach of any of the Terms and Conditions or that your use of the Website is inappropriate or otherwise unacceptable. The restriction, suspension or termination of our service pursuant to this section will be without prejudice to any rights which the Company may have against you in respect of your breach of the Terms and Conditions. The Company shall be entitled to disclose your user identity and details if required or requested by the courts or other law enforcement authorities and/or agencies or in such other circumstances as the Company in its sole discretion considers reasonably necessary or appropriate.

8. Prize draws and competitions

The Website competitions and prize draws are open to residents of the UAE aged 18 years or over, except employees of the Company, their agents and their families, unless otherwise specified. Conditions of participation will be made clear at the point of entry. In general, The Luxe Diary would require one, some or all of the following from participants: provision of a valid email address within a certain time-frame, which will be added to The Luxe Diary customer email database which can be unsubscribed from at any time, provision of a viewpoint or opinion as part of a survey or an answer to a question. There may be other requirements, which will be made clear upon entry. Unless otherwise stipulated, entry is restricted to one per person. All entrants into The Luxe Diary competitions and prize draws will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions. The closing date for entries will be stipulated at the point of entry. By entering our competitions or prize draws, the winner agrees to their name being shared on our website and social media channels. The Luxe Diary prize draws will be conducted fairly. If a winner cannot be contacted within 28 days of the closing date, the Company reserves the right to award the prize to a runner-up. In the cases of competitions, the Company decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. We reserve the right to cancel or amend a competition and these terms and conditions without notice. Any changes to the competition will be notified to those already entered as soon as possible. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.

9. Advert booking conditions

Although The Luxe Diary is a free to read publication, our advertising slots incur a charge. Prices and terms of paid advertising will be clearly disclosed prior to booking your advert. Please take care when booking your adverts as charges are non refundable.

All adverts are to be paid for at time of booking. Prices may change from time to time without notice. The Company reserves the right to refuse any ad bookings that it feels are not appropriate for the site or are in conflict with any services the site offers. No refund will be given for adverts that contravene the Terms and Conditions. reserves the right to email you from time to time with relevant information, if you have indicated that you are the owner of the business, group or event.

10. Disclaimer

10.1   While the Company endeavours to ensure that the information on the Website is correct, the Company does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the material on the Website. The Company may make changes to the material on the Website, or to the products and prices described in it, at any time without notice. The material on the Website may be out of date, and the Company makes no commitment to update such material.
10.2   The material on the Website is provided “as is”, without any conditions, warranties or other terms of any kind and the Company does not accept any liability for error or omission. Accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company provides You with the Website on the basis that the Company excludes all representations, warranties, conditions and other terms (including, without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose) and the use of reasonable care and skill which, but for this legal notice, might have effect in relation to the Website.
While the Company has visited or tried to verify the authenticity the entries listed on the Website, we do not make any guarantees or warranties regarding any dangers which may exist at them or be inherent in them. In particular, support and information contained on the Website on whatever subject whether related to health, finance or otherwise, does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation or arrangement by the Company and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making (or refraining from making) any specific decisions or to be a substitute for obtaining professional advice. You should consult an appropriate professional if you require specific advice.
You are responsible for checking the accuracy of relevant facts and opinions given on the site before entering into any commitment or taking any other form of action or inaction based upon them.

11. Liability

11.1 The Company, any other party (whether or not involved in creating, producing, maintaining or delivering the Website), and any of the Company’s group companies and the officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents of any of them, exclude all liability and responsibility for any amount or kind of loss or damage that may result to You or a third party (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any loss of income, profits, goodwill, data, contracts, use of money, or loss or damages arising from or connected in any way to business interruption, and whether in tort (including without limitation negligence), contract or otherwise) in connection with the Website in any way or in connection with the use, inability to use or the results of use of the Website, any websites linked to the Website or the material on such websites, including but not limited to loss or damage due to viruses that may infect Your computer equipment, software, data or other property on account of Your access to, use of, or browsing the Website or Your downloading of any material from the Website or any websites linked to the Website.
11.2 Nothing in this legal notice shall exclude or limit the Company’s liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by negligence (as such term is defined by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977; or
(b) fraud; or
(c) misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter; or
(d) any liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
11.3 If Your use of material on the Website results in the need for servicing, repair or correction of equipment, software or data, You assume all costs thereof.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold each of Vrai Communications, its directors, sponsors, representatives, employees and contractors, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable solicitors fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Company, the violation of the Terms and Conditions by you, or the infringement by you, or any other subscriber of your account, or of any intellectual property or other right of any other person or entity. This indemnity extends to any use by any party using your account, with or without your authority.

13. Governing law and jurisdiction

This legal notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with this legal notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

How to contact us

Should you have other questions or concerns about these terms and conditions please send us an email at contact@theluxediary.com.