Terms and conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING www.futures.canterbury.ac.uk (THIS WEBSITE)

Terms and Conditions

Your use of this website and the products and services offered and supplied via this website (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document), is subject to the following legal terms and conditions, which are effective and binding between you and Canterbury Christ Church University. Use of this website includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use this website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before you start to use this website, as these will apply to your use of this website. If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions, you should not continue to use or access this website or use any other of the Services. Canterbury Christ Church University recommends that you print a copy of these terms and conditions, or save them to your computer, for future reference.

This website is provided by Canterbury Christ Church University’s third party service provider, Sponsorcraft Ltd, and these terms and conditions operate between you and Canterbury Christ Church University only. Sponsorcraft Ltd  has no contractual relationship with you, except in relation to any third party rights which Sponsorcraft Ltd  may enforce under this contract. Your attention is drawn to the paragraph immediately below and the paragraphs entitled “Fundraising” and “Payments and fees”.

Your use of any other services or websites which are similar to the Services and which are provided by a third party, including any third party services or websites which this website links to (including other services or websites operated by Sponsorcraft Ltd), is subject to the legal terms which govern usage of those other services, and Canterbury Christ Church University no responsibility whatsoever for such usage.

The terms and conditions set out in this document form a legally binding agreement between you and Canterbury Christ Church University in relation to your use of the Services. It is important that you take the time to read them carefully. Collectively, this legal agreement is referred to below as the “Terms”. These Terms, and the contract between you and Canterbury Christ Church University, are only in the English language. Canterbury Christ Church University considers that these Terms, together with Canterbury Christ Church University Privacy Policy, and any other terms relating to fees or other matters which are agreed to in writing by you and Canterbury Christ Church University, constitute the whole agreement between you and Canterbury Christ Church University.

 

Accepting the Terms

In order to use the Services, you must firstly agree to the Terms. By using the Site, you confirm that you accept the Terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to the Terms, you must not use the Site or otherwise use the Services. You can accept the Terms by actually using the Services. Accordingly, you understand and agree that Canterbury Christ Church University will treat your use of the Services as acceptance of the Terms from that point onwards. The Services are offered subject to your acceptance of the Terms, which also incorporate the Privacy Policy, and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be published from time to time on the Site by Canterbury Christ Church University, each of which is incorporated by reference and each of which may be updated by Canterbury Christ Church University from time to time without notice to you. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the terms, the Privacy Policy, and/or any other terms relating to fees or other matters which are agreed to in writing by you and Canterbury Christ Church University, the Terms shall have priority.

The Services are available only to individuals who are at least 18 years old. You represent and warrant that you are of legal age to form a binding contract, and that all registration information you submit is truthful and correct. Canterbury Christ Church University reserves the right to: (a) refuse the Services to anyone at any time without notice and for any reason; and (b) change its eligibility criteria at any time without notice and for any reason. You may not use the Services and may not accept the Terms if: (a) you are not of legal age to form a binding contract with Canterbury Christ Church University; (b) you are not normally resident in the UK or the country from which you use the Services; or (c) you are a person not allowed to receive or use the Services under the laws of England and Wales or any other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.

 

Changes to the Terms

Canterbury Christ Church University reserves the right to alter or replace the Terms, or to change, suspend or discontinue the Services at any time, by posting on the Site or by sending you an email. You agree that Canterbury Christ Church University may limit the Services or restrict your access to parts or all the Services without notice or liability. It is your responsibility to check the Terms periodically for changes, as they are binding on you. You agree that in continuing to use the Services following the posting of any changes to the Terms such continued use constitutes acceptance of those changes.

 

Conduct

You agree to use the Site and all Services responsibly and legally and not to use the Services for any purpose that is prohibited by the Terms. The Services are provided solely for your use in relation to a Project. You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the Services.

Under the Terms you are prohibited from taking any action in relation to your use of the Services which:

  • infringes any patent, trade mark, copyright, right of publicity or other such right of any other person or entity or violates any law or contractual duty;
  • is false, misleading or inaccurate;
  • is obscene, offensive, or unlawful in any way;
  • constitutes spam, junk mail or advertising which has not been authorized in writing by Canterbury Christ Church University; results in software viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful interfering with, damaging or destroying the proper function of the Services; or impersonates any person or entity, including any employee or representative of Canterbury Christ Church University.

Additionally, you agree not to take any action that imposes or may impose (as determined by Canterbury Christ Church University in its sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Sponsorcraft Ltd  infrastructure; engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services (or the servers and networks which are connected to the Services), including (but not limited to) attacking the Site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack; access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Canterbury Christ Church University via Sponsorcraft Ltd, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Canterbury Christ Church University. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and agree not to run any form of spam or auto-responder on the Services

If you breach this provision, you may be committing a criminal offence. Canterbury Christ Church University will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and Canterbury Christ Church University will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Site will cease immediately.

Canterbury Christ Church University does not guarantee that any Content will be made available on or through the Services. Canterbury Christ Church University has no obligation to monitor the Services or content. However, Canterbury Christ Church University reserves the right to remove, edit or modify any Content in its sole discretion from the Services at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such content or if Canterbury Christ Church University is concerned that you may have violated the Terms).

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform in order to access the Site. You should use your own virus protection software.

 

Payments and Fees

All donations are collected via Stripe Payments UK LTD. Neither Canterbury Christ Church University nor Sponsorcraft Ltd is responsible for the performance or fairness of Stripe. The Stripe Service (debit / credit card payments) is a payment service which allows Canterbury Christ Church University to accept and process credit card, debit card and other types of card payments from their donors.

 

Third Party Websites

The Services may contain links to other websites or resources on the Internet, and other websites or resources may contain links to the Site. You acknowledge that Canterbury Christ Church University is not responsible or liable for the content or any aspect of such third party websites and you use them at your own risk. The fact that Canterbury Christ Church University provides links to certain third party websites does not in any way constitute endorsement of or association with such websites by Canterbury Christ Church University. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that Canterbury Christ Church University shall not be responsible or liable for any damage or loss caused by your use of any such website or resource.

 

Linking to the Site

You may link to any page of the Site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage Canterbury Christ Church University reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on Canterbury Christ Church University part where none exists. You must not establish a link to the Site in any website that is not owned by you. The Site must not be framed on any other site. Canterbury Christ Church University reserves the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content requirements set out in these Terms. If you wish to make any use of content on the Site other than that set out above, please contact futures@canterbury.ac.uk.

 

Content

You should be aware that Content presented to you as part of the Services may be protected by intellectual property rights which are owned by those who provide Content to Canterbury Christ Church University (or by other persons or companies on their behalf). You may not modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on this Content (either in whole or in part) unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Sponsorcraft Ltd or by the owners of that Content, in a separate agreement.

Canterbury Christ Church University reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre-screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all Content from any part of the Services.

You understand that by using the Services you may be exposed to Content that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable and that, in this respect, you use the Services at your own risk.

You agree that you are solely responsible for (and that Canterbury Christ Church University has no responsibility to you or to any third party for) any Content that you create, transmit or display while using the Services and for the consequences of your actions (including any loss or damage which Sponsorcraft Ltd  may suffer) by doing so. In particular, Canterbury Christ Church University will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any Content posted by you or any other user of the Site.

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to the Site, or to make contact with other users of the Site, you must comply with the Terms. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with the Terms, and you will be liable to Canterbury Christ Church University and indemnify Canterbury Christ Church University for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage which Canterbury Christ Church University suffers as a result of your breach of warranty.

No Content is 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 the Site.

The views expressed by other users on the Site do not represent Canterbury Christ Church University views or values.

 

Copyright Issues

You must not reproduce our logo or intellectual property without our express written permission.

If you wish to make an enquiry or report a copyright infringement, you can do so by contacting us either by post to Canterbury Christ Church University, or by email at marketing-services@canterbury.ac.uk 

 

Intellectual Property Rights

You hereby agree to Canterbury Christ Church University using, and displaying as appropriate your trademarks, logos or similar proprietary rights solely in connection with the Services. None of the above affects your ownership rights in relation to Content you upload onto the Site.

 

Warranty Disclaimer

You agree and acknowledge that Canterbury Christ Church University has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that Sponsorcraft Ltd cannot control, nor has it any obligation to act in relation to:

the way in which you utilize the Content; what Content you access via the Site; the impact the Content may or may not have on you; which users gains access to the Site; or what actions you may take as a result of having been exposed to the Content. You agree that Canterbury Christ Church University is not liable for you having acquired or not acquired Content through the Site. Canterbury Christ Church University does not guarantee that the Site, or any Content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Site is permitted on a temporary basis. Canterbury Christ Church University may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Site without notice. Canterbury Christ Church University will not be liable to you if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. The Services are provided "as is" and "as available" and are without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of title, non-infringement and fitness for a particular purpose, and any warranties implied by any course of performance or usage of trade, all of which are expressly disclaimed. Canterbury Christ Church University, and its directors, employees, agents, suppliers, partners and content providers do not warrant that: (a) the Services will be secure or available at any particular time or location; (b) the Site, or any Content on it, will be free from errors or omissions; (c) the Content on the Site is accurate, complete or up-to-date; (d) any defects or errors will be corrected; (e) any content or software available at or through the Services is free of viruses or other harmful components; or (f) the results of using the Services will meet your requirements. Your use of the Services is solely at your own risk.

 

Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits Canterbury Christ Church University liability for death or personal injury arising from Canterbury Christ Church University negligence, or its fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by UK law.

 

You agree not to use the Site for any commercial or business purposes, and Canterbury Christ Church University has no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

Canterbury Christ Church University is not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if it was an obvious consequence of Canterbury Christ Church University breach of the Terms or if it was contemplated by you and Canterbury Christ Church University at the time we entered into this contract. Canterbury Christ Church University shall not be liable for any 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 Site; use of or reliance on any Content displayed on the Site; data loss, cost of procurement of substitute goods or services, consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, substitute goods or services (however arising); or 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 Site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

 

Customer Service

If you wish to make an enquiry or complaint, you can do so by email at futures@canterbury.ac.uk

 

Governing Law

The Terms, and your relationship with Canterbury Christ Church University under the Terms (including the subject-matter of the Terms and the formation of the contract, and any contractual or non-contractual dispute associated with your use of the Services), are governed by UK law. You and Canterbury Christ Church University agree that the courts of the UK shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any such dispute. Notwithstanding this, you agree that Canterbury Christ Church University shall still be allowed to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.


Effective Date: 10th April 2024