EVENTOPEDIA TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using our site
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 These terms of use ("terms") (together with the documents referred to in them) tell you the terms on which you may make use of our website http://eventopedia.com/ ("our site") and associated services, whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, registering to use our site or subscribing to our site.
1.2 By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them. We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.
2. DEFINED TERMS
In these terms, the following words and expressions have the following meanings:
"Booking" means a request by a Client to a Supplier to supply goods or services which is submitted and accepted via our site;
"Client" means a person, company or firm who uses our site in order to find suppliers to supply goods or services in relation to a meeting, event or other occasion;
"Contributions" means any User Content which is posted or uploaded to the site by you or made available by you to us for us to post or upload on your behalf;
"Event" means the meeting, event or other occasion to which a Booking relates;
"Interest Charges" means the daily interest we may apply to "Subscription Fees" if they become overdue. We charge interest at the 'statutory interest' rate, which is 8% plus the Bank of England base rate for business to business transactions;
"Messaging Platform" means the communications platform on the Site, which allows Clients and Suppliers to message one another;
"Services" means the services we provide via our site, including, the publication and updating of the Directory, the facilitation of Reviews and the provision of the Messaging Platform;
"Subscription" means a subscription to our site which enables a Supplier to use additional features on our site and "Subscriber" and "Subscribe" will be interpreted accordingly;
"Subscription Period" means the duration of a Subscription being either 12-months,2 years, or multiple years, depending on the period selected by the Subscriber when Subscribing;
"Subscription Renewal" means the automatic renewal of your subscription at the end of the agreed "Subscription Period";
"Subscription Fees" means the fees payable by a Subscriber for a Subscription;
"Supplier Listings" means all information, text, images and other materials which is posted or uploaded to our site by a Supplier or by us on a Supplier's behalf in relation to that Supplier's products and/or services;
"Total Charge" means the total amount (gross of VAT) paid by a Client in connection with a Booking.
"User Content" means any information, materials or other content that is posted or uploaded to the site by users including, but not limit to, the content of Reviews and/or Supplier Listings;
3. OTHER APPLICABLE TERMS
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:
3.1 our privacy policy which can be accessed at www.eventopedia.com/privacy-po
3.2 our cookies policy which can be accessed at www.eventopedia.com/cookie-pol
4. ABOUT US AND HOW TO CONTACT US
4.1 http://eventopedia.com/ is a site operated by Eventopedia UK Limited ("we" or "us). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 08970205 and have our registered office at Suite 135, Devonshire House, 582 Honeypot Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 1JS.
4.2 Our main trading address is Tech Hub, Google Campus, 4-5 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4BX.
4.3 Our VAT number is 193534588.
4.4 You can contact us by emailing us at info@eventopedia.com.
5. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND OUR SITE
5.1 We may revise these terms at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.
5.2 We may update our site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. However, please note that we are under no obligation to update our site and content may be out of date.
6. ACCESSING OUR SITE
6.1 Parts of our site are made available free of charge but we restrict certain access to areas of our site and the use of certain Services to registered users and/or Subscribers.
6.2 We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
6.3 You are responsible for making all necessary arrangements for accessing our site and for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
7. YOUR ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD
If you register to use or Subscribe to our site, your login details and password are confidential and must not be disclosed to any third party except to your employees, agents, officers, directors and other personnel, whose compliance with these terms you must ensure. If you know or suspect that any other person knows your login details and passwords, you must promptly notify us at info@eventopedia.com.
8. PROHIBITED USES
8.1 You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:
8.1.1 in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
8.1.2 in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
8.1.3 for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm any person;
8.1.4 to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with the content standards set out in these terms;
8.1.5 to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam); or
8.1.6 to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
8.2 You agree not to:
8.2.1 reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in breach of these terms; or
8.2.2 access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
(a) any part of our site;
(b) any equipment or network on which our site is stored;
(c) any software used in the provision of our site; or
(d) any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party
9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
9.1 We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site and the material on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
9.2 You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and for your internal business purposes. You must not modify those materials or use any of the illustrations, photographs, video or audio material or graphics separately from the accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
9.3 You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes (including, without limitation, for the purpose of offering services the same as or similar to our Services) without obtaining a licence to do so from our licensors or us.
10. NO RELIANCE ON INFORMATION
10.1 The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
10.2 Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
11. CLIENTS
If you use our site or the Services as or on behalf of a Client, you acknowledge and agree that:
11.1 Bookings may be subject to the Supplier's terms and conditions, which you are advised to consider carefully before making a Booking;
11.2 we will not have any liability to you in relation to any breach of contract or negligence by any Supplier;
11.3 if you make any changes to a Booking other than via our site, you will notify us promptly; and
11.4 our site and Services are intended for use by businesses and not by consumers and by using our Site or Services you warrant that you are a business user and not a consumer.
12. SUPPLIERS
12.1 If you use our site or the Service as or on behalf of a Supplier, you acknowledge and agree that:
12.1.1 we will have no liability to you for any breach by a Client of the terms of any Booking;
12.1.2 we are not responsible for checking or verifying the identities or credit worthiness of any Client and you should make your own enquiries before accepting a Booking; and
12.1.3 we have no liability for the content of Reviews and will not be obliged to remove any Review unless you can establish to our reasonable satisfaction that its content is unlawful.
12.2 For the avoidance of doubt, the Total Cost will be deemed to include:
12.2.1 any additional products or services booked by the Client in connection with the Event which are not booked via our site and you must notify us of any such changes to a Booking; and
12.2.2 if the Event is cancelled, any sums paid to you by the Client in connection with cancellation.
12.3 You must pay all Subscription Fees and other sums payable to us in connection with our Services in full and without deduction, withholding or set off.
12.4 If you fail to make any payment to us by the due date, we will be entitled to charge interest on the overdue amount at a rate of 4% above the base rate from time to time of our main bank in the UK. Such interest will accrue from the due date until the date of actual payment, whether before or after judgment.
13. SUBSCRIPTIONS
13.1 Use by Suppliers of some Services will be subject to the Supplier Subscribing. You can apply for a Subscription [on our site OR by contacting us].
13.2 We may, at our discretion, decline any applications for a Subscription and you will not be deemed to have Subscribed until you have paid the Subscription Fees and we have emailed you to confirm your Subscription.
13.3 Different Subscriptions packages may be available from time to time. Details of the Subscriptions and the associated Subscription Fees are [as set out on our site OR available on request].
13.4 The Subscription Fees are payable in advance on the date you Subscribe. If you fail to pay the Subscription Fees we may terminate your Subscription or suspend your access to the site and the Services.
13.5 You may cancel your Subscription on written notice to us if, for a period of 2 consecutive weeks or more, our site is unavailable or its functions are severely impaired other than as a result of problems not caused by us. If you cancel under this clause 13.5, we will, as your sole remedy, pay you a pro rata refund of the Subscription Fees you have paid.
13.6 Your Subscription will commence on the date you Subscribe and will continue for the Subscription Period agreed between the parties, unless you or we terminate your Subscription earlier in accordance with these terms. The minimum Subscription Period is 12-months.
13.7 Your Subscription will automatically renew for the same Subscription Period at the end of the current Subscription Period, unless you or we terminate your Subscription earlier in accordance with these terms.
13.8 Your Subscription will renew at the Subscription Rates as published on this website 30-days prior to your renewal date, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.
13.9 In advance of Subscription Renewals, you may amend the Subscription Period or Terminate the Subscription, upon providing a minimum of 30-days notice.
13.10 On termination or expiry of your Subscription your rights to access the Services included in the Subscription will cease.
14. OUR LIABILITY
14.1 Nothing in these terms 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 English law.
14.2 To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it or our Services, whether express or implied.
14.3 The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values and we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of the User Content.
14.4 We will not be liable for any 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 our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.
14.5 We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
14.6 Subject to clause 14.1,
14.6.1 we will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:
(a) use of, or inability to use, our site or the Services; or
(b) use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site;
14.6.2 we will not be liable in connection with our site or the Services to any user for:
(a) loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
(b) business interruption;
(c) loss of anticipated savings;
(d) loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
(e) any indirect or consequential loss or damage
14.6.3 our maximum liability to each user for any loss or damage suffered or incurred by that user in connection with our site or the Services will be an amount equivalent to any fees paid by that user to us to use the site or the Services.
14.7 The limitations on liability set out in this clause 14 will apply whether the liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise.
15. UPLOADING OR POSTING CONTENT TO OUR SITE
15.1 Your Contributions must:
15.1.1 be accurate (where they state facts);
15.1.2 be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and
15.1.3 comply with applicable law in the UK and any other country from which they are posted.
15.2 Your Contributions must not:
15.2.1 contain any material which is defamatory of any person;
15.2.2 contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory or likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person or invade any person's privacy;
15.2.3 promote sexually explicit material, violence or any illegal activity;
15.2.4 promote discrimination on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
15.2.5 infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any person;
15.2.6 be likely to deceive any person;
15.2.7 breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
15.2.8 promote any illegal activity;
15.2.9 be used to impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
15.2.10 give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case; or
15.2.11 assist any unlawful act.
15.3 You warrant that your Contributions will comply with the standards set out in the terms and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.
15.4 Your Contributions will be considered non-confidential. You will own the rights in your Contributions but you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free licence to use, distribute and reproduce your Contributions for all purposes in connection with our site and our services. You also grant to other users of our site a non-exclusive, royalty free licence to use your Contributions for their personal or internal business purposes or in connection with their use of the site and/or our Services.
15.5 We may disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that your Contributions constitute a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
16. VIRUSES
16.1 We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.
16.2 You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other malicious or harmful material. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
17. LINKING TO OUR SITE
17.1 You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage or take advantage of our reputation. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
17.2 You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in these terms.
17.3 If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact us at info@eventopedia.com.
18. THIRD PARTY LINKS AND RESOURCES
Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
19. TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION
19.1 If you breach these terms we will be entitled to take such of the following actions as we see fit:
19.1.1 disable your account if you are a registered user or Subscriber;
19.1.2 temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site or the Services;
19.1.3 issue a warning to you;
19.1.4 commence legal proceedings against you; and
19.1.5 disclose such information to law enforcement authorities as we consider necessary
19.2 If we terminate or suspend your use of our site you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies you have made of the materials on our site.
20. APPLICABLE LAW
20.1 These terms and their subject matter and formation, are governed by English law.
20.2 You and we both agree to that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction in connection with any dispute arising in connection with the site or our Services.