Website General Terms of Use

 

Please read these Website General Terms of Use (“General Terms”) carefully before using www.vevents.org (“the Website”) and its services (“Services”). By accessing or using the Website you accept these General Terms together with the Privacy Policy. However, if you do not or cannot accept the General Terms you must stop using the Website immediately. The General Terms may change from time to time but by browsing the Website you are accepting the General Terms which are in use at that time.

 

1. Information About Us

The Website is operated by VEVENTS LIMITED (“we”, “our”, or “us”).

 

2. Access to the Website and Services

2.1 We shall not be liable if for any reason the Website and Services are unavailable at any time or for any period.

 

2.2 It may be necessary from time to time, to restrict access to all or some parts of the Website and Services to users who have registered with us.

 

2.3 We reserve the right to restrict or deny you access to all or some parts of the Website and Services if, in our opinion, you have failed to comply with these General Terms.

 

3. Intellectual Property and Permitted Use

 

3.1 We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website and the material published on it. The same is protected by copyright and trademark laws.

 

3.2 You may print and download extracts from the Website and Services for personal non-commercial use only on the following basis:

3.2.1 no documents are modified in any way; and

3.2.2 you do not make printouts or copies available to anyone else; and

3.2.2 no copyright and trademark notices are removed.

 

3.3 You agree not to:

3.3.1 use the Website and Services for commercial purposes without obtaining our prior written agreement to do so; and

3.3.2 copy, reproduce, distribute, republish, display, post or transmit in any form or by any means any content of the Website and Services except as permitted above.

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4. The information we collect and how we use it

 

4.1 Your personal details, including your name, email address and telephone number are held and used by us for the following purposes:

 

4.1.1 To enable us to contact you to discuss the potential of you becoming a member of Vevents.

 

4.2 We will retain your personal details for a minimum period of 12 months or as long as deemed necessary.

 

4.3 We would also like to store and use your personal details for future marketing purposes (for example, to send you a brochure or details of a promotion (including by email).

 

4.4 Occasionally we hire companies to provide services on your behalf, for example emailing or mailing information to our clients. We only provide those companies with the personal details relating to our clients which they require in order to carry out such mailings. We will ensure that anyone to whom we pass your details for these reasons agrees to treat them with the same level of protection we are obliged to provide.

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4.5 In the event Vevents is merged or acquired by another business we may share the information that relates to you with the new owners of the business and their advisors. Other than in these circumstances, we do not and will not disclose your information to other parties without your consent.

 

4.6 It may be necessary to release information relating to you as may be required by law, court order or any governmental or regulatory authority.

 

5. How we will contact you

5.1 We will contact you via your personal details including by way of email or telephone.

 

6. Material submitted by you

 

6.1 You agree not to submit any material:

6.1.1 that is false, misleading, defamatory, threatening, offensive, abusive, likely to cause someone anxiety or distress, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy; or

6.1.2 that infringes any intellectual property rights, such as copyright and trademarks;

6.1.3 which is technically harmful, including but not limited to computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, corrupted data or other malicious software of harmful data.

 

6.2 We are not obliged to use material submitted by you and we reserve the right to remove from the Website and our database any material submitted by you.

 

7. Privacy and Data protection

7.1 We will only use and process your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

7.2 We hold a data protection registration and comply with the Data Protection Act 1998.

8. Links to third party websites

Certain (hypertext) links may lead you to websites that are not under the control of Vevents. When you activate any of these links, you will leave the Website and we have no control over and cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the content or privacy policies of other websites to which it may link. In particular, any dealings that you have with such third party website operators shall be on the terms and conditions (if any) of that website operator. By allowing links with third party websites we do not intend to solicit business or offer any security to any person in any country, directly or indirectly.

 

9. Our Liability

9.1 The material contained on the Website and in the Services is for information purposes only and you should seek further guidance and make independent enquiries before relying on it.

 

9.2 We make no representation or warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, adequacy, suitability or operation of the Website or of the information it contains nor do we make any such warranty in respect of any information on a website operated by a third party which may be accessed from the Website nor that the information on this or any third party website has been verified by us. All warranties, whether express or implied as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this Website or in respect of any materials or products referred to on this Website are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

9.3 Use of the Website is at your own risk. Neither we nor any company without our Group and our and their respective agents, employees and sub-contractors shall be liable to you or any other party for any loss or damages whatsoever or howsoever arising in connection with this Website and Services (whether under this license or other contract or in consequence of any misrepresentation, misstatement or tortious act or omission including negligence.

 

9.4 We accept no responsibility and are not liable if you cannot use the Website and Services properly or because of any event outside of our control; including but not limited to war or threat of war, riot, civil strife, actual or threatened terrorist activity, industrial dispute, natural or nuclear disaster, adverse weather conditions, fire, flood, pandemics, systems failure (“Force Majeure”).

 

9.5 We do not warrant that the functions or materials accessible from or contained on the Website will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that the Website or the server that makes it available are virus or bug-free or represent the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials.

 

9.6 Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude our liability for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law.

 

10. General Terms Amendments

We reserve the right to add, withdraw and/or amend any of the General Terms at any time and without notice.

 

11. Laws and Jurisdiction.

These General Terms and all matters arising from the use of the Website and Services are governed by English Law and subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.