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Play-Cricket Scorer, Play-Cricket Scorer PRO and Play-Cricket Live

Terms and Conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY

BY CONTINUING TO USE THE SOFTWARE YOU ARE CONFIRMING THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE AND YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THEM. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE YOU MUST NOT USE THE SOFTWARE.

Play-Cricket Scorer and Play-Cricket Live

BY CONTINUING TO USE THIS APP YOU ARE CONFIRMING THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE SET OUT BELOW

1    About us. The Play-Cricket cricket scorer and cricket live apps (the Apps) are the two components of a cricket scoring and score presentation system provided by The England and Wales Cricket Board Limited (ECB), a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 03251364. Our VAT Number is 672860707. If you need any information or have a complaint about our website or any of our services please contact us through the feedback_link in these Apps.

2    Options. There are 2 options for using the Play-Cricket Scorer App:

OPTIONSDESCRIPTION
Using your play-cricket accountThis will automatically load any data you create onto your play-cricket account and will you will be able to create reports from it.
To sign up for Play-Cricket click here.
To score a custom matchThis is a single use score card facility and all data you create will reside on the device you use to score a game using the App
The Play-Cricket live APP allows viewing of the data entered on the Play-Cricket scorer APP and requires no sign in.

3    Compatibility. In order to use this App you will need at least the following:

For iPhone or iPad usersiOS v7.1 or later
For AndroidAndroid v4.0 or later

4    Privacy. All personal information provided or obtained through the Apps will be kept secure and processed in accordance with our Privacy Statements & Policy. If you enter any personal information about any other person into the Play-Cricket Scorer App, it is your responsibility to ensure they understand how their information will be used.

5    Ownership of materials. The Apps, the design of them and the materials on them, or provided to you through them, are protected by copyright, trade mark and other intellectual property rights and laws throughout the world and are owned by, or are licensed to us and/or third parties.

INFRINGEMENT OF THESE RIGHTS IS A SERIOUS MATTER AND THE OWNER OF THE RIGHTS MAY PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST YOU IF YOU INFRINGE THEM.

6    Licence terms. You are licensed to use these Apps provided you DO NOT:

  • alter or remove any of the content without our express written permission or
  • copy, distribute, modify or create any derivative works from these Apps in whole or part without our prior written consent
  • use these Apps or any of the information provided on or through it for:
    • any unlawful purpose or in contravention of applicable law
    • commercial exploitation without our prior written consent
    • advertising or direct marketing without our prior consent
    • any unlawful or inappropriate advertising
    • any purpose or in any manner that may give a false or misleading or negative impression of us, any of our staff or services or any other person
  • change or delete any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary notices.
  • use, upload or transmit:
    • any material that is defamatory, offensive, obscene, sexually orientated, racist, threatening, intimidating, false, misleading or otherwise unlawful, or which may cause offence or distress or which may affect or infringe the rights of any other person
    • any device, software, file or mechanism which may interfere with the proper operation of these Apps or our systems
  • decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer (or attempt to do any of them) these Apps
  • do anything that may interfere with or disrupt these Apps, our systems or our services
  • impersonate any other person when using these Apps
  • encourage or permit others to do any of the above

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE LICENCE TERMS, ANY PERSON AFFECTED BY YOUR ACTIONS MAY BRING A CLAIM AGAINST YOU

7    Suitability of these Apps. No assurance is given that the Apps or materials on them are suitable for your requirements or that they will be secure, error or virus free and you use them at your own risk.

8    Feedback. Any feedback you give about these Apps may be used by us for developing future versions or other apps or services without any obligation to compensate you for your contribution.

9    Availability. These Apps are provided free of charge, as is and as available. We do not make any guarantee that they will be error free. We reserve the right to modify, suspend or withdraw the Apps or any of their features at any time without notice and without incurring any liability.

10    Access restrictions. We will be entitled to suspend or terminate your access to these Apps at any time without reason and without liability.

11    Use of these Apps outside England and Wales. If you choose to access THESE APPS from outside ENGLAND AND WALES, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of THE territory from which you access IT.

12    Governing law.These Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws of England and you and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME. THE NEW VERSION WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE APPS AND WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING.

IF YOU USE THESE APPS AFTER THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS HAVE COME INTO EFFECT, YOU WILL BE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS


Play-Cricket Scorer PRO

1. BACKGROUND.
ABOUT US AND THE SOFTWARE

The England and Wales Cricket Board Limited (the “ECB”) is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 3251364 whose registered office is at Lord’s Ground, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 8QZ. The ECB has the right to licence use of the ECB Play Cricket Pro Software (the “Software”) which enables users to keep score and record results of cricket matches, feed a variety of scoreboards and replay screens and upload various forms of match data to the Play-Cricket.com website (“Play-Cricket”) and social media channels.

The ECB hereby grants you (being either you personally or you on behalf of your County Cricket Board, cricket club or cricket league as appropriate) a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, revocable, non-transferable licence to access and use the Software in accordance with and as permitted by these terms of use.

To contact us about these terms, please email play-cricket.ecb.co.uk

OTHER TERMS THAT MAY APPLY TO YOU

These terms of use refer to our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using the Software, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. Our Privacy Policy also applies to your use of the Software.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS OF USE

We may need to change these terms of use to reflect changes in law or best practice or to deal with additional features which we introduce to the Software. We will provide you with details of the change or notify you of a change via the Software and your continued use of the Software shall indicate acceptance of such changes.

2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.
OPERATING REQUIREMENTS

The Software requires Windows 7 and above operating systems.

UPDATES AND CHANGES

From time to time we may automatically update or change the Software to improve performance, enhance functionality, reflect changes to the operating system or address security issues. Alternatively, we may ask you to update the Software for these reasons.

If you choose not to install such updates or if you opt out of automatic updates you may not be able to continue using the Software.

SUPPORT

If you want to learn more about the Software or have any problems using it then please take a look at our support resources located at https://play-cricket.ecb.co.uk/hc/en-us

If you think the Software is faulty or misdescribed or wish to contact us for any other reason, please email our customer service team at play-cricket.ecb.co.uk.

If we have to contact you we will do so by email, using the contact details you have provided to us.

3. USING THE SOFTWARE
HOW YOU MAY USE THE SOFTWARE

The Software requires Windows 7 and above operating systems.

In return for you agreeing to comply with these terms of use you may:

  • download a copy of the Software onto your computer or other suitable device to view, use and display the Software on such devices to keep score and record results of cricket matches, feed a variety of scoreboards and replay screens and upload various forms of match data to Play-Cricket and social media channels for your personal, non-commercial purposes and on behalf of your Cricket Club; and
  • receive and use any free supplementary software code or update of the Software incorporating "patches" and corrections of errors as we may provide to you.

All other rights are reserved to us.

IF SOMEONE ELSE OWNS THE DEVICE YOU ARE USING

If you download or stream the Software onto any device not owned by you, you must have the owner's permission to do so. You will be responsible for complying with these terms of use, whether or not you own the device.

AVAILABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE

We do not guarantee that the Software, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of the Software for business and operational reasons.

We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Software is unavailable at any time or for any period or if your location is unavailable on the Software.

We may update and change the Software from time to time to reflect changes to our users' needs and our business priorities.

SUITABILITY AND ACCURACY OF CONTENT ON THE SOFTWARE

The content on the Software is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice or information on which you should rely.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on the Software, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Software is accurate, complete or up to date.

If you wish to complain about information or materials on the Software please contact us on the email address set out in these terms of use.

VIRUSES

We do not guarantee that the Software will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access the Software. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse the Software by knowingly or recklessly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Software, the server on which the Software is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack the Software via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. In the event of your breach of this provision of these terms of use, your right to use the Software will cease immediately.

4. ACCEPTABLE USE AND RESTRICTIONS
ACCEPTABLE USE

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to or to interact with the Software you must comply with the standards set out in these terms of use and further below.

You warrant that your use of the Software does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

Any content you upload to the Software will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of the Software a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. The rights you license to us include the right to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform the content in connection with the Software across any and all media for the following purposes:

  • operation of the Software (including allowing third parties to use your content in accordance with the functionality of the Software);
  • marketing;
  • publicity;
  • research and development; and
  • data sharing.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to the Software constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.

We have the right to remove any posting you make on the Software if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with the content standards set out in these terms of use.

RESTRICTIONS ON USE

You must not:

  • use the Software in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with these terms of use, or act fraudulently or maliciously, for example, by hacking into or inserting malicious code, such as viruses, or harmful data, into the Software or any operating system;
  • infringe our intellectual property rights or those of any third party in relation to your use of the Software, including by the submission of any material or use of the Software in accordance with any interactive elements of its functionality (to the extent that such use is not licensed by these terms of use);
  • transmit any material that is defamatory, offensive or otherwise objectionable in relation to your use of the Software;
  • use the Software in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems or security or interfere with other users; or
  • collect or harvest any information or data from or our systems or attempt to decipher any transmissions to or from the servers running any service.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
OWNERSHIP

All intellectual property rights in the Software throughout the world belong to us (or our licensors) and the rights in the Software are licensed (not sold) to you. You have no intellectual property rights in, or to, the Software other than the right to use it in accordance with these terms of use.

You are not permitted to use any ECB mark without our approval, unless it is part of material you are using as permitted under these terms of use.

LICENCE RESTRICTIONS

You agree that you will:

  • not rent, lease, sub-license, loan, provide, or otherwise make available, the Software or the Services in any form, in whole or in part to any person without prior written consent from us;
  • not copy the Software except as part of the normal use of the Software or where it is necessary for the purpose of back-up or operational security;
  • not translate, merge, adapt, vary, alter or modify, the whole or any part of the Software nor permit the Software or any part of it to be combined with, or become incorporated in, any other programs, except as necessary to use the Software on devices as permitted in these terms;
  • not disassemble, de-compile, reverse engineer or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the Software nor attempt to do any such things, except to the extent that (by virtue of sections 50B and 296A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) such actions cannot be prohibited because they are necessary to decompile the Software to obtain the information necessary to create an independent program that can be operated with the Software or with another program, and provided that the information obtained by you during such activities:
    • is not disclosed or communicated without our prior written consent to any third party to whom it is not necessary to disclose or communicate it;
    • is not used to create any software that is substantially similar in its expression to the Software;
    • is kept secure; and
    • is used only for the permitted objective referred to in this paragraph; and
  • comply with all applicable technology control or export laws and regulations that apply to the technology used or supported by the Software.
USER-GENERATED CONTENT IS NOT APPROVED BY US

The Software may include information and materials uploaded by other users, including when interacting with content which you upload to the Software. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users of the Software do not represent our views or values.

If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us at mailto:play.cricket@ecb.co.uk.

6. PRIVACY AND SECURITY
PERSONAL DATA AND PRIVACY

We only use any personal data we collect through your use of the Software in the ways set out in our privacy statements and policy

Please be aware that internet transmissions are never completely private or secure and that any message or information you send using the Software may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission is encrypted.

OTHER DATA WE MAY COLLECT

By using the Software or any of the Services, you agree to us collecting and using technical information about the devices you use the Software on and related software, hardware and peripherals to improve our products and to provide any Services to you.

You will select user identification credentials and a password as part of our registration procedures and must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification credentials or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

If you know or suspect that anyone outside of your organisation knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at play-cricket.ecb.co.uk

7. LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY
OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS OF USE EXCLUDES OR LIMITS OUR LIABILITY FOR DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE, OR OUR FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION, OR ANY OTHER LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED BY LAW.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE EXCLUDE ALL CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR OTHER TERMS WHICH MAY APPLY TO THE SOFTWARE OR ANY CONTENT ON IT, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE REGARDING THE RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, QUALITY, SUITABILITY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE).

WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE, ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH:

  • USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SOFTWARE;
  • USE OF, OR RELIANCE ON, ANY CONTENT DISPLAYED ON THE SOFTWARE;
  • ANY FAILURE IN PERFORMANCE FOR CAUSES BEYOND OUR CONTROL; OR
  • YOUR CONNECTING TO ANY LINKED THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR ANY STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, CONTENT, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT ARE PUBLISHED ON, OR MAY BE ACCESSIBLE FROM, ANY LINKED THIRD PARTY WEBSITE.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE NO LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY:

  • INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES;
  • LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF DATA, PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE OR ANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY SERVICE PROVIDERS; OR
  • LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A VIRUS, DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY CONTENT ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.

NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL AFFECT YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER.

Limitations to the Software. The Software is provided for general information purposes only. It does not offer advice or information on which you should rely. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information provided by the Software, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that such information is accurate, complete or up to date.

Please back-up content and data used with the Software. We recommend that you back up any content and data used in connection with the Software, to protect yourself in case of problems with the Software.

Check that the Software is suitable for you. The Software has not been developed to meet your individual requirements. Please check that the facilities and functions of the Software and the Services (as described on the relevant site from which you downloaded or accessed the Software) meet your requirements.

We are not responsible for events outside our control. If our provision of the Services or support for the Software or the Services is delayed by an event outside our control, then we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this we will not be liable for delays caused by the event.

We are not responsible for other websites you link to. The Software may contain links to other independent websites which are not provided by us. Such independent sites are not under our control, and we are not responsible for and have not checked and approved their content or their privacy policies (if any). You will need to make your own independent judgement about whether to use any such independent sites, including whether to buy any products or services offered by them.

8. TERMINATION OF YOUR RIGHT TO USE THE SOFTWARE
WE MAY END YOUR RIGHTS TO USE THE SOFTWARE AND THE SERVICES IF YOU BREAK THESE TERMS OF USE

We may end or suspend your rights to use the Software (in our sole discretion) at any time by contacting you if you have broken these terms of use. If what you have done can be put right we will give you a reasonable opportunity to do so. If we end your rights to use the Software:

  • You must stop all activities authorised by these terms, including your use of the Software and any Services.
  • You must delete or remove the Software from all devices in your possession and immediately destroy all copies of the Software which you have and confirm to us that you have done this.
  • We may remotely access your devices and remove the Software from them and cease providing you with access to the Services.
9. ADDITIONAL LEGAL PROVISIONS
WE MAY TRANSFER THIS AGREEMENT TO SOMEONE ELSE

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms of use to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

YOU NEED OUR CONSENT TO TRANSFER YOUR RIGHTS TO SOMEONE ELSE

You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these terms of use to another person if we agree in writing.

NO RIGHTS FOR THIRD PARTIES

This agreement does not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this agreement.

IF A COURT FINDS PART OF THESE TERMS OF USE ILLEGAL, THE REST WILL CONTINUE IN FORCE

Each of the paragraphs of these terms of use operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

EVEN IF WE DELAY IN ENFORCING THIS CONTRACT, WE CAN STILL ENFORCE IT LATER

Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date.

WHICH LAWS APPLY TO THIS CONTRACT AND WHERE YOU MAY BRING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.