LEGAL NOTICE

1. Company Information

In compliance with applicable transparency requirements, the following details identify the owner of this website:

Company name: FAMJOY LTD
Company registration number (Companies House, England & Wales): 13253230
Registered office: 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
Website: www.upwardreads.com
Contact email: hello@upwardreads.com
Contact phone: +44 775 484 1546

(hereinafter, the “Company,” “Owner,” or “UpwardReads”)

2. Purpose and Scope

This Legal Notice governs access to, browsing of, and use of the website www.upwardreads.com (the “Website”), whose main activity is the online sale of digital ebooks and digital content.

Geographic scope: UpwardReads’ products and services are offered exclusively to customers located in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Latin America. The Website is not intended for, and does not knowingly offer sales to, residents of the European Union or European Economic Area. If you are located outside the permitted regions, please do not attempt to make a purchase through this Website.

Access to and/or use of the Website grants the user (“User” or “you”) the status of User and implies full, express, and unconditional acceptance of every provision contained in this Legal Notice, as well as in the accompanying Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, in the version published at the time of access.

3. Conditions of Access and Use

The User agrees to make appropriate and lawful use of the Website, in accordance with applicable law, this Legal Notice, generally accepted standards of morality and public order, and undertakes not to:

Use the Website in a fraudulent, unlawful manner or contrary to this Legal Notice;
Distribute content or propaganda that is racist, xenophobic, illegally pornographic, or that promotes terrorism or violates human rights;
Cause damage to the physical or logical systems of the Website, its providers, or third parties;
Introduce or spread computer viruses or any other physical or logical systems liable to cause damage;
Attempt to access, use, and/or manipulate the data of the Company, third-party providers, and other Users without authorization.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

All content on the Website — including, without limitation, text, images, logos, design, structure, source code, ebooks, and other digital content offered for sale — is owned by FAMJOY LTD or by third-party licensors, and is protected under applicable national and international intellectual property laws.

Reproduction, distribution, public communication, transformation, or any other form of exploitation, in whole or in part, of the Website’s content, including purchased ebooks, is strictly prohibited unless expressly authorized in writing by the Company or the relevant rights holder, or unless permitted by law.

Purchasing an ebook through the Website grants the User a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license for private reading use only. Resale, redistribution, or making the content available to third parties is prohibited, unless expressly stated otherwise in the applicable sales terms.

5. Ecommerce: Purchase of Ebooks

Ebook prices are displayed on the Website at the time of purchase. No taxes are added or collected by the Company at checkout. Users are responsible for any taxes, duties, or charges that may apply under the laws of their own country or state (for example, US state sales tax or local taxes in Latin American countries), where applicable.
Payments are processed through third-party payment gateways, which apply their own security and encryption protocols. The Company does not directly store complete payment card details.
Because ebooks are digital content, once download or access to the content has begun, the purchase is final and non-refundable, except where the User has been informed of this policy and has provided explicit consent prior to download, or where applicable consumer protection law in the User’s jurisdiction grants a mandatory right to a refund or withdrawal that cannot be waived.
Users in the United States should note that consumer protection rules can vary by state; nothing in this Legal Notice limits any non-waivable rights available under applicable state law.
Any issue related to a purchase should be reported to hello@upwardreads.com.

6. Personal Data Protection

FAMJOY LTD processes Users’ personal data only to the extent necessary to manage purchases made through the Website (payment, billing, and contact data), in accordance with applicable UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), as well as applicable US state privacy laws and Latin American data protection laws where relevant to the User’s location.

Full details on the purposes of processing, legal basis, retention periods, and User rights (including access, correction, deletion, and opt-out rights, where applicable) are set out in the Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of this Legal Notice.

For any questions regarding the processing of personal data, Users may contact hello@upwardreads.com.

7. Cookie Policy

The Website may use technical cookies necessary for secure payment processing and, where applicable, analytics or third-party cookies linked to the payment gateway. Full details on cookie use are set out in the Cookie Policy, available on the Website.

8. Limitation of Liability

The Company does not guarantee that the Website will be free of interruptions, errors, or viruses, or that it will be continuously available, although it will take reasonable measures within its control to prevent such issues.

The Company shall not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from lack of availability or continuity of the Website’s operation, fraudulent use of the services offered, the Website’s unsuitability for a specific purpose intended by the User, or failures caused by circumstances beyond FAMJOY LTD’s control, such as force majeure or interruptions in telecommunications services or those of third-party providers.

9. Third-Party Links

The Website may contain links to third-party websites (for example, payment gateways or social media platforms). The Company assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or policies of such third-party sites.

10. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Legal Notice is governed by the laws of England and Wales, United Kingdom, where FAMJOY LTD is domiciled, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protection provisions that may apply under the law of the User’s country or state of residence (United States, United Kingdom, or Latin American countries) where the User acts as a consumer.

For any dispute arising from access to or use of the Website, and unless mandatory, non-waivable consumer protection law in the User’s jurisdiction requires a different forum, the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

11. Amendments

FAMJOY LTD reserves the right to amend this Legal Notice to reflect legislative, regulatory, or business changes. Any amendments will be published on the Website, indicating the date of the last update.

Contact: FAMJOY LTD 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom Email: hello@upwardreads.com Phone: +44 775 484 1546