Terms & Conditions

The Fit Squad Diet House Rules

These House Rules form part of The Fit Squad terms and conditions. Our full terms and conditions can be accessed here

You must be 18 or over to join The Fit Squad Diet ("Fit Squad"). If you are under 18, please stop using The Fit Squad Diet and notify us right away.

The Sun Online and The Fit Squad respects its users and would ask that they respect each other. In areas of our site where you can express yourself or interact with others, we ask that you stick to what is legal, tasteful and civil.

The Sun and The Fit Squad has always been about our readers. We want to engage them and hear their views and we ask for their participation and vigilance. If you see something on www.fitsquad.co.uk (the "Website") that has been posted by another reader and that you think is inappropriate, please let us know right away via the "Report inappropriate content" link. Our dedicated team of moderators works 24 hours a day to read your complaints and act if necessary. For more details about our moderation, see the relevant section below.

We ask that you do not post any content (including for example, in your Profile) that breaches the NGN terms of use agreement for the Website (the "Agreement"), including by way of example content that:

• Is racist, homophobic, sexist, or demeaning to either sex, abusive, sexually explicit, pornographic, of a disturbing nature or that preaches, encourages or incites religious or ethnic hatred, or links to websites that promote the same;
• Breaks the law, or encourages other to break it;
• Makes defamatory comments about others;
• Infringes copyright or other intellectual property rights;
• Reveals another user's personal details, such as their surname, address, contact numbers, email address or other identifying information;
• Uses swear words in order to offend others, or may be deemed rude or mean spirited or attempts to circumvent profanity filters in order to use swear words.
• Promotes commercial products or enterprises or repeatedly posts links to promote other sites and/or services; or
• Is an image of a child under 18 (for further detail please see below);

In addition, we ask that you do not use the Website to carry out any activity prohibited by the Agreement including by way of example to:

1. harass, threaten or attack anyone or otherwise behave in any way that would cause annoyance or distress to other users;
2. transmit or knowingly receive content and/or language that is in any way unlawful, threatening, offensive, or in breach of any obligations of confidence. This includes the use of swear words and the use of offensive nicknames;
3. flood or "spam" the Website or any user who posts content on the Website;
4. provide instructions for illegal or otherwise harmful activities;
5. transmit or knowingly receive information relating to (or include links to) pornography, pirated software and/or computer games or other counterfeit goods;
6. collect and/or distribute personal data concerning other users;
7. impersonate another person, whether a friend, family member, celebrity, moderator, another user or an employee of News International Newspapers Limited or any of its affiliates;
8. attempt to commercially gain from use of the Website. This includes the transmission of advertisements and any other attempts to generate business from other users of the Website;
9. post chain letters or pyramid schemes;

In addition the following is prohibited:

1. use of multiple logins for the purpose of disrupting the community or annoying other users;
2. dissemination of "spoilers" such as material which contains plot developments which have not been transmitted on UK analogue or digital television (whether free-to air, cable or satellite). Such content will be deleted unless submitted in a designated "spoilers area";
3. Content containing languages other than English;
4. Use of offensive or inappropriate user names;
5. Deliberate misuse or spamming of the complaints facility;
6. Use of swear words or other language likely to offend;
7. Posting of content which breaks the law, condones or encourages unlawful activity.

We reserve the right to remove from the Website, without notice and at our sole discretion, any content that we consider inappropriate for the Website. We may also ban, block or delete any user accounts if, according to our sole judgement, their owners or users have infringed the Agreement, any relevant House Rules or are using our service in a manner that we consider inappropriate.

Data Protection Notice

This notice explains how we will process your personal information.

Data Protection Principles.

News International Ltd complies with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. The eight principles relating to the processing of personal information are:

• Fairly and lawfully processed
• Processed for a limited time
• Adequate, relevant & not excessive
• Accurate
• Not kept longer than necessary
• Processed in accordance with your rights
• Secure
• Not transferred to countries without adequate protection

Your privacy and security is of utmost importance to us. We will always follow these principles and ask you how you would like us (or our partners) to communicate with you. The Information Commissioner regulates compliance with the Data Protection Act. See details at end of contact page.

Why we collect your data?

By collecting your data, it allows us to understand what your needs and wants are, provide personalised content and match the most relevant adverts and services for you. It also, allows us to provide many great, targeted reader offers and services that we know you may be interested to hear about.

Who is the Data Controller?

When you provide personal information to The Fit Squad, The Sun, Sun Online, News of the World or Page3.com, the data controller is News Group Newspapers Limited.

If another company is the data controller, this will be made clear when you provide your personal information.

News Group Newspapers Limited, is a part of the News International Limited Group of companies whose registered address is 1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1XY.

How we use personal data

The data controller will use your information together with other information for administration (including providing any goods, services or information you have requested), marketing, credit scoring, customer services and profiling your purchasing preferences. We will disclose your information to our service providers and agents for these purposes.

Consent

By returning or submitting a form with your personal information to us, or by your continued use of our services, you consent to:

1. our processing your data (which may include sensitive personal data such as health data) for the above purposes; and
2. the transfer and processing of your information in countries outside of the European Economic Area which may not provide the same level of data protection as the UK.. If we do make such a transfer or if your personal information will be processed outside of the European Economic Area, we will put a contract in place to ensure your information is protected or where applicable covered by the US "Safe Harbor Program". When you give us your personal information, we will give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications by post or telephone from us but remember that this will preclude you from receiving any of our special offers or promotions in future. We will also give you the opportunity to opt in to receive such information by e-mail or SMS and will only send it to you if you do opt in or if you are an existing customer and the information relates to similar goods or services to those, which you have previously purchased from us.

You may also exercise your right to opt out of the use of your information for marketing purposes at any time by contacting us by the methods explained at the end of this notice.

Your personal information will be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law to do so. If you post or send offensive or objectionable content anywhere on or to any of our websites or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any of our websites, we can use whatever information that is available to us about you to stop such behaviour. This may involve informing relevant third parties such as your employer and law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

Third Parties

We would like to share your information with organisations who are our business partners. They may contact you by mail or telephone to let you know about any goods, services or promotions, which may be of interest to you. We will always give you an option to opt out at the point where you give us your details. We will never supply your information to a third party for marketing purposes if you tell us not to.

You may also exercise your right to opt out of the use of your information being supplied to a third party, for marketing purposes at any time, by contacting us by the methods explained at the end of this notice.

Cookies

When you visit one of our websites, we may send you a cookie. A cookie is a small file that can be placed on your computer's hard disk for record keeping purposes and we may use them to do a number of things:

• Cookies help us to recognise you when you next visit one of our websites and note the advertisements displayed to you. This allows us to tailor the advertisements we provide to your preferences. We may use the services of third party ad servers for this purpose
• Cookies may be used to compile anonymous statistics related to the take up or use of services, or to patterns of browsing. A third party collects such data on our behalf to measure web site performance.Information collected is aggregated for reporting purposes. No personally identifiable information is collected by this service. The use of this service assists us in measuring and improving the structure and ease of use of our web sites

Third Party Cookies

Our Websites may contain third party advertising and sponsorship. It is possible that these third party advertisers may download cookies to your computer. Cookies may then be used to allow the advertisers to compile anonymous statistics, personalise advertising content and monitor the effectiveness of their campaigns. We cannot control nor do we have access to any cookies placed on your computer by third party advertisers and sponsors.

Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. You are not obliged to accept cookies and may modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. Click here for instructions on how to manage cookies. Please be aware that if you disable cookies, many services on our websites will not be available to you.

Credit checks

If you apply for credit then to help us to make credit decisions about you, to prevent fraud, to check your identity and to prevent money laundering, we may search the files of credit reference agencies who will record any credit searches on your file. We may also disclose details of how you conduct your account to such agencies. The information will be used by other credit grantors for making credit decisions about you and the people with whom you are financially associated for fraud prevention, money laundering prevention and occasionally for tracing debtors.

Updating or deleting your personal information

When you register online with any of News International's brands, you can see, review and change your personal information by logging onto the site and going to "My Profile or equivalent". Please ensure you update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate. Should you request that your account is closed and your personal information removed, please be assured that this will be done as soon as is reasonably possible. Personal information from closed accounts is retained in order to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems etc, but always done within a legal framework.

When you request to be removed from further marketing offers, you will be added to a suppression list to ensure your request is complied with. All personal data is processed in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

Personal data disclosed in public areas

Certain News International group websites allow for the sharing of information. You should remember that any personal data you submit to such areas will be viewed by other third parties this includes, online chat rooms and forums. As such, your personal data may be viewed, collected and used by third parties over whom we have no control. We are not responsible for either the information you submit/post or otherwise make available in such public areas or any use that may be made of such information by any third party.

Information Requests

You have a right to ask for a copy of your information (for which we charge a small fee) and to ask us to correct any inaccuracies in your personal information (which is free). To make sure we follow your instructions correctly and to improve our service to you through training of our staff, we may monitor or record telephone calls.

When you give us information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their personal data, including sensitive personal data and to the transfer of their information abroad and to receive on their behalf any data protection notices.

Notification of changes

From time to time, we may make changes to the Privacy Policy. This may be in relation to changes in the law, best practice or changes in our services.

How to contact us By email: info@newsint.co.uk

By telephone: 020 7860 1133 (24 hours)

By mail:
Data Protection Enquiries,
Data Protection & Compliance Officer,
The Customer Liaison Department,
News International,
1 Virginia Street, London, E98 1RL

General information about data protection may be found at:

Information Commissioner's website:
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk

Direct Marketing Association
http://www.dma.org.uk

Consumer advice from the DMA
http://www.mydm.co.uk